DeepSeek-R1 vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B
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.DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 15 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-Qwen-14B costs 93% 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 DeepSeek-R1 pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+47.4points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+22.4points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+16.9points 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 15 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
ReasoningDeepSeek-R1
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-R1 by 22.470.848.4+22.4
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-R1 by 4.48.54.1+4.4
Following instructionsDeepSeek-R1
- IFBenchDeepSeek-R1 by 16.93922.1+16.9
Other results10 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 548 rating points20291481+548 rating
- AIME 2025DeepSeek-R1 by 20.87049.2+20.8
- MMLU-ProDeepSeek-R1 by 15.28468.8+15.2
- LiveCodeBenchDeepSeek-R1 by 10.463.553.1+10.4
- AIME 2024DeepSeek-R1 by 10.179.869.7+10.1
- HMMT Feb. 2025DeepSeek-R1 by 1041.731.7+10
- DROP (3-shot F1)DeepSeek-R1 by 6.792.285.5+6.7
- IFEvalDeepSeek-R1 by 583.378.3+5
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-R1 by 3.611.47.8+3.6
- MATH-500 (EM)DeepSeek-R1 by 3.497.393.9+3.4
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B?
DeepSeek-R1 wins all four areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B wins none, but costs 93% less.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1. It wins the one coding test both models report.
Which is cheaper?
DeepSeek-R1 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B costs $0.20 and $0.20. That makes DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B about 93% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 15 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 10 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.