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.

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 65.6% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (91.6%), MT-Bench (87.5%), HumanEval (84.8%). The model shows particular specialization in math tasks with an average performance of 83.5%. It supports a 139K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Alibaba

2024-09-19

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

4 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

$2.14 cheaper
Input:$0.30
Output:$0.30

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Larger context
Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Max Context:139.3K
Parameters:7.6B

Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+28.3%
Average Score:81.7%
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Average Score:53.3%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+13.8%
97.3%
code
+16.2%
82.1%
general
+14.6%
75.3%
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

math
83.5%
code
66.0%
general
60.6%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores

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
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

1 providers

Together

Throughput: 138 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+28.3%
Avg Score:81.7%
Providers:4
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Avg Score:53.3%
Providers:1