Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B
Wins 2 of 2 areas
Coding · Reasoning
Wins 0 of 2 areas
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger all-rounder.DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 16 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the two areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B costs 98% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude 3.5 Sonnet pulls ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+7.7points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+7.6points ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+5.3points ahead
Where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 16 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude 3.5 Sonnet
- SciCodeClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 7.731.623.9+7.7
- LiveCodeBench v6Claude 3.5 Sonnet by 5.337.231.9+5.3
ReasoningClaude 3.5 Sonnet
- GPQA DiamondClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 7.65648.4+7.6
- Humanity's Last Examtie3.24.1tie
Other results12 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- Codeforces (Rating)DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B by 764 rating points7171481+764 rating
- AIME 2024DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B by 53.71669.7+53.7
- AIME 2025DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B by 45.93.349.2+45.9
- HMMT Feb. 2025DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B by 301.731.7+30
- LiveCodeBenchDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B by 20.332.853.1+20.3
- MATH-500 (EM)DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B by 15.678.393.9+15.6
- MATH500 (Pass@1)DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B by 15.678.393.9+15.6
- MMLU-ProClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 8.877.668.8+8.8
- IFEvalClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 8.286.578.3+8.2
- SuperGPQAClaude 3.5 Sonnet by 7.648.240.6+7.6
- DROP (3-shot F1)Claude 3.5 Sonnet by 2.888.385.5+2.8
- AA Intelligencetie7.27.8tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins all two areas where both have results: coding and reasoning. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B wins none, but costs 98% less.
Which is better for coding?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens; DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B costs $0.20 and $0.20. That makes DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B about 98% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 16 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 4 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 12 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.