DeepSeek-R1 vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B
Wins 4 of 4 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 4 areas
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DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 13 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.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where DeepSeek-R1 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+61points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+56points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+31.7points ahead
Where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 13 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
ReasoningDeepSeek-R1
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-R1 by 6170.89.8+61
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-R1 by 5.48.53.1+5.4
Following instructionsDeepSeek-R1
- IFBenchDeepSeek-R1 by 25.83913.2+25.8
Other results8 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 by 1075 rating points2029954+1075 rating
- MMLU-ProDeepSeek-R1 by 578427+57
- AIME 2024DeepSeek-R1 by 50.979.828.9+50.9
- AIME 2025DeepSeek-R1 by 507020+50
- LiveCodeBenchDeepSeek-R1 by 46.663.516.9+46.6
- HMMT Feb. 2025DeepSeek-R1 by 3041.711.7+30
- MATH-500 (EM)DeepSeek-R1 by 13.497.383.9+13.4
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-R1 by 5.911.45.5+5.9
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?
DeepSeek-R1 wins all four areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B wins none.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1. It wins the one coding test both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 13 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 8 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.