Model comparison

DeepSeek LLM 67B vs Qwen3-1.7B

Qwen3-1.7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 26.6 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek LLM 67B DeepSeek

24.9

Rank #347 Confirmed

Qwen3-1.7B Alibaba (Qwen)

26.6

Rank #336 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek LLM 67B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-1.7B leads 19.6 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 24.6% for DeepSeek LLM 67B and 38% for Qwen3-1.7B.

Side by side

DeepSeek LLM 67B and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
DeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.926.6
Released2023-11-292025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked154

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 31.9 (#278), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Coding1096—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.4%

Reasoning Qwen3-1.7B leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 16.5 (#304), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
Chess Puzzles0%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1070—
Epoch Capabilities Index110.5—

Math Qwen3-1.7B leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 8.7 (#324), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.8%8.1%
LMArena Math1108—
MATH Level 56.4%—

Knowledge Qwen3-1.7B leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 7.0 (#313), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond24.6%38%

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 29.4 (#267), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English1073—
LMArena Chinese1132—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 55.4 (#277), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Instruction Following1079—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 33.1 (#265), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Longer Query1092—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 31.6 (#282), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text1105—
LMArena Creative Writing1067—
LMArena Multi-Turn1082—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek LLM 67B better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Qwen3-1.7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 26.6 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek LLM 67B and Qwen3-1.7B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek LLM 67B has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.

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