Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1 is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 74.1% across 20 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.3%), MMLU-Redux (92.9%), CLUEWSC (92.8%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. Released in 2025, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 61.3% across 18 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM-8K (CoT) (84.5%), ARC-C (83.4%), API-Bank (82.6%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 9 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

2024-07-23

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

6 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

$2.68 cheaper
Input:$0.03
Output:$0.03

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:8.0B

Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+26.8%
Average Score:84.4%
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Average Score:57.6%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+28.9%
97.3%
reasoning
1.3%
code
+16.3%
82.1%
general
+21.3%
75.3%
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

math
68.4%
reasoning
+82.1%
83.4%
code
65.8%
general
54.0%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

2023-12-31

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

4 providers

Together

Throughput: 4 tok/s
Latency: 0.6ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 0.9 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 2.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

DeepSeek

Throughput: 9 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

9 providers

Sambanova

Throughput: 1050 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Together

Throughput: 194 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Hyperbolic

Throughput: 200 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 118 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 292 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Groq

Throughput: 750 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Bedrock

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Lambda

Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Cerebras

Throughput: 2047 tok/s
Latency: 0.2ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+26.8%
Avg Score:84.4%
Providers:4
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Avg Score:57.6%
Providers:9