Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B vs GPT-5.6 Terra

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI

59.2

Rank #17 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.6 Terra in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 81.6 to 36.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 51.4% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and 99.7% for GPT-5.6 Terra.
  • DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and GPT-5.6 Terra specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index37.859.2
Released2025-01-202026-07-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$12
Results tracked1352

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.8 (#202), GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
DeepSWE—69.6%
FrontierCode—41.3%
CursorBench—41.3%
LMArena WebDev—1522
SciCode—55%
WeirdML—78.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct35.3%—
LiveBench Coding51.6%—
LMArena Coding—1484
BigCodeBench Complete49.9%—
ALE-Bench—1,951

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
APEX-Agents—58.2%
BALROG—53.2%
GDP.pdf—24.7%
Vending-Bench 2—7,343

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Terra leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 24.9 (#156), GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%51.3%
ARC-AGI-2—83.9%
SimpleBench—48.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—78.4%
ARC-AGI-1—96.5%
CritPt—30%
Chess Puzzles—54%
LiveBench Reasoning67.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1468
Mystery Game Puzzles—35%
DTBench—93.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis55.9%—
LMCA—55%
Surface Evolver Bench—83.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—159.62
LiveBench54.5%—

Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.0 (#176), GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202551.4%99.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—86%
FrontierMath Tier 4—70.7%
ProofBench—74%
LiveBench Math58.1%—
LMArena Math—1466
MATH Level 589.9%—

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Terra leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 30.7 (#225), GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
GPQA Diamond55.7%93.3%
SimpleQA Verified—43.2%
LMArena Expert—1492

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Vision—1271
Blueprint-Bench 2—30.8%
Furniture Assembly—54.2%
LMArena Document—1472

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Non-English—1439
LMArena Chinese—1513
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1460
LMArena Japanese—1457
LMArena Korean—1425
LMArena Russian—1450
LMArena Spanish—1448

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Terra leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 68.2 (#190), GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
LiveBench Instruction Following69.9%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1454

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Longer Query—1451

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Terra leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 49.0 (#194), GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Text—1447
LMArena Creative Writing—1410
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1855
EQ-Bench 4—1234
LMArena Multi-Turn—1449
LiveBench Language23.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B better than GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B or GPT-5.6 Terra better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 36.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and GPT-5.6 Terra share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has 13 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.6 Terra has 52.

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