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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Grok 4

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Winner summary

Grok 4 wins 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.

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knowledge·Grok 4math·Grok 4
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
#163 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Grok 4
#87 by perf·#15 by attention
UNDERRATED
Best value
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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$250.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BGrok 4
Balrog
Grok 4 leads by +24.1
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
19.5
Grok 4
43.6
Chess Puzzles
Grok 4 leads by +24.2
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
0.0
Grok 4
24.2
GPQA diamond
Grok 4 leads by +30.5
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 32B
52.2
Grok 4
82.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Grok 4 leads by +28.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
55.5
Grok 4
84.0
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BGrok 4
Balrog
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
19.543.6
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
0.024.2
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
52.282.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
55.584.0
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
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