DeepSeek-R1 vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B
Wins 3 of 4 areas
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-32B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 12 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-32B costs 90% 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+49points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+16.1points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+9.3points ahead
Where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 12 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
ReasoningDeepSeek-R1
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-R1 by 9.370.861.5+9.3
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-R1 by 3.98.54.6+3.9
Following instructionsDeepSeek-R1
- IFBenchDeepSeek-R1 by 16.13922.9+16.1
Other results7 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 338 rating points20291691+338 rating
- AIME 2025DeepSeek-R1 by 107060+10
- HMMT Feb. 2025DeepSeek-R1 by 8.441.733.3+8.4
- AIME 2024DeepSeek-R1 by 7.279.872.6+7.2
- LiveCodeBenchDeepSeek-R1 by 6.363.557.2+6.3
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-R1 by 311.48.4+3
- MATH-500 (EM)DeepSeek-R1 by 397.394.3+3
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B?
DeepSeek-R1 wins three of the four areas where both have results: reasoning, long documents and following instructions. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B wins none, but costs 90% less. They are level on coding.
Which is better for coding?
Neither. All 1 coding tests both models report are ties.
Which is cheaper?
DeepSeek-R1 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B costs $0.29 and $0.29. That makes DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B about 90% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 12 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 7 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.