DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B vs GPT-4o
Wins 0 of 4 areas
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Wins 3 of 4 areas
Coding · Long documents · Following instructions
GPT-4o is the stronger all-rounder.DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 14 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the four 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.
Coding, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
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-Llama-8B costs 100% 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 GPT-4o pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+22.4points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+21.4points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+18.4points ahead
Where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B pulls ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+2.4points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 14 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
ReasoningEven
- GPQA DiamondGPT-4o by 22.430.252.6+22.4
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B by 2.44.21.8+2.4
Other results9 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.
- Arena HardGPT-4o by 62.117.279.3+62.1
- Codeforces (Rating)DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B by 446 rating points1205759+446 rating
- AIME 2024DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B by 41.150.49.3+41.1
- DROPGPT-4o by 33.749.783.4+33.7
- HumanEvalGPT-4o by 22.767.590.2+22.7
- GSM8KGPT-4o by 18.772.290.9+18.7
- MATH-500 (EM)DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B by 14.589.174.6+14.5
- LiveCodeBenchDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B by 1.339.638.3+1.3
- AA Intelligencetie6.57.3tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B or GPT-4o?
GPT-4o wins three of the four areas where both have results: coding, long documents and following instructions. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B wins none, but costs 100% less. They are level on reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
GPT-4o. It wins the one coding test both models report.
Which is cheaper?
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.05 per million output tokens; GPT-4o costs $5.00 and $15.00. That makes DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B about 100% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 14 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 5 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 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.