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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct
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Winner summary
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B wins on 3/6 benchmarks
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B wins 3 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math · reasoning.
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Attention vs performance
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
#62 by perf·no signal
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
#147 by perf·no signal
Best value
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
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Hermes 3 70B Instruct
128.3 pts/$
$0.30/M
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$3.4B·Tier 1
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Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BHermes 3 70B Instruct
BBH (HuggingFace)
Hermes 3 70B Instruct leads by +13.1
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
40.7
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
53.8
GPQA
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads by +3.5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
18.3
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
14.9
IFEval
Hermes 3 70B Instruct leads by +32.8
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
43.8
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
76.6
MATH Level 5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads by +36.0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
57.0
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
21.0
MMLU-PRO
Hermes 3 70B Instruct leads by +0.7
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
40.7
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
41.4
MUSR
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads by +5.3
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
28.7
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
23.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | Hermes 3 70B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 40.7 | 53.8 |
GPQA | 18.3 | 14.9 |
IFEval | 43.8 | 76.6 |
MATH Level 5 | 57.0 | 21.0 |
MMLU-PRO | 40.7 | 41.4 |
MUSR | 28.7 | 23.4 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | — | — | — | — |
| Hermes 3 70B Instruct | $0.30 | $0.30 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $3.00 |