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DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct wins on more metrics (5 of 5), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

MetricDeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70BQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Intelligence Index9.910.0
Coding Index
GPQA Diamond40%70%
Design Arena Elo
Speed (tokens/sec)
Latency
Input price /M$0.800$0.150
Output price /M$0.800$0.600
Context window8K262K
CapabilitiesReasoningToolsJSONVision

Frequently asked

Is DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B better than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct wins on more metrics (5 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 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct?

The table on this page compares DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B 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.