DeepSeek-R1-Zero is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 15 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.
Coding and reasoning 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-Zero pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+24.2points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+19.4points ahead
Where Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B 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.
Other results13 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.
- CodeforcesDeepSeek-R1-Zero by 1419 rating points24.81444+1419 rating
- AIME 2024DeepSeek-R1-Zero by 54.623.377.9+54.6
- IFEvalQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 37.584.146.6+37.5
- SimpleQADeepSeek-R1-Zero by 21.29.130.3+21.2
- Chinese SimpleQA (C-SimpleQA)DeepSeek-R1-Zero by 1848.466.4+18
- MATH-500 (EM)DeepSeek-R1-Zero by 15.98095.9+15.9
- FRAMES (Acc.)DeepSeek-R1-Zero by 12.569.882.3+12.5
- DROP (3-shot F1)DeepSeek-R1-Zero by 12.476.789.1+12.4
- MMLUDeepSeek-R1-Zero by 11.87788.8+11.8
- CLUEWSCDeepSeek-R1-Zero by 10.682.593.1+10.6
- LiveCodeBenchQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 5.555.550+5.5
- MMLU-ProQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 2.271.168.9+2.2
- MMLU-ReduxQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 1.286.885.6+1.2
Questions people ask
Which is better, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B or DeepSeek-R1-Zero?
DeepSeek-R1-Zero wins all two areas where both have results: coding and reasoning. Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B wins none.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1-Zero. It wins the one coding test both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 15 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 2 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 13 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.