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DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on more metrics (4 of 5), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

MetricDeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70BQwen2.5 72B Instruct
Intelligence Index9.99.6
Coding Index
GPQA Diamond40%49%
Design Arena Elo
Speed (tokens/sec)
Latency
Input price /M$0.800$0.360
Output price /M$0.800$0.400
Context window8K33K
CapabilitiesReasoningToolsJSON

Frequently asked

Is DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on more metrics (4 of 5), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

What are the biggest differences between DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

The table on this page compares DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct metric by metric — intelligence benchmarks, coding score, speed, latency, context window and per-token price — with the winner marked on each row. Data refreshes hourly.