Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B vs Mistral

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads 68.2 to 52.6.
  • DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and Mistral specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
ProviderDeepSeekMistral AI
Noometry Index37.829.9
Released2025-01-20—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1322

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.8 (#202), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
BigCodeBench Instruct35.3%—
LiveBench Coding51.6%—
LMArena Coding—1162
BigCodeBench Complete49.9%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 24.9 (#156), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning67.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1149
LiveBench Data Analysis55.9%—
LiveBench54.5%—

Math DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.0 (#176), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202551.4%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%
LiveBench Math58.1%—
LMArena Math—1180
MATH Level 589.9%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 30.7 (#225), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
GPQA Diamond55.7%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%
LMArena Expert—1125

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
LMArena Non-English—1129
LMArena Chinese—1109
LMArena French—1180
LMArena German—1155
LMArena Japanese—1013
LMArena Korean—1032
LMArena Russian—1168
LMArena Spanish—1143

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 68.2 (#190), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
LiveBench Instruction Following69.9%—
IFEval—56.8%
LMArena Instruction Following—1152

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
LMArena Longer Query—1153

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 49.0 (#194), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BMistral
LMArena Text—1165
LMArena Creative Writing—1158
WildBench—66%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1147
LiveBench Language23.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B better than Mistral?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B or Mistral better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.8 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and Mistral share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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