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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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Winner summary

Qwen3.6 Plus wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.

Category leads
knowledge·Qwen3.6 Plusmath·Qwen3.6 Plus
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
#107 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Qwen3.6 Plus
#94 by perf·#2 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
n/a
no price
Qwen3.6 Plus
47.0 pts/$
$1.14/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BQwen3.6 Plus
Chess Puzzles
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +12.7
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
0.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
12.7
GPQA diamond
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +58.3
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
26.3
Qwen3.6 Plus
84.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +42.8
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
50.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
93.3
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BQwen3.6 Plus
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
0.012.7
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
26.384.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
50.593.3
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B————
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Plus$0.33$1.951.0M tokens (~500 books)$7.31