Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B vs o1

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B scores higher in 0 categories and o1 in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1 leads 41.5 to 30.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Language: 23.8% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and 65.4% for o1.
  • DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and o1 specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index37.840.9
Released2025-01-202024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$15
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked1352

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.8 (#202), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
LiveBench Coding51.6%69.7%
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
WeirdML—47.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct35.3%—
LMArena Coding—1367
BigCodeBench Complete49.9%—
CadEval—56%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons—51.1%

Reasoning o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 24.9 (#156), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
LiveBench Reasoning67.6%91.6%
LiveBench Data Analysis55.9%65.5%
LiveBench54.5%75.7%
SimpleBench—41.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
ARC-AGI-1—30.7%
Chess Puzzles—15%
EnigmaEval—5.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1371
DTBench—74.7%
LMCA—22.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—141.91

Math Too close to call

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.0 (#176), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202551.4%73.3%
LiveBench Math58.1%80.3%
MATH Level 589.9%94.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—14.7%
LMArena Math—1388
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—9.3%

Knowledge o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 30.7 (#225), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
GPQA Diamond55.7%76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam—8%
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
Confabulations—11.7%
LMArena Expert—1361

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
LMArena Vision—1168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
LMArena Non-English—1358
LMArena Chinese—1394
LMArena French—1344
LMArena German—1337
LMArena Japanese—1346
LMArena Korean—1396
LMArena Russian—1356
LMArena Spanish—1345

Instruction Following o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 68.2 (#190), o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
LiveBench Instruction Following69.9%81.5%
LMArena Instruction Following—1367

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1378

Writing & Preference o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 49.0 (#194), o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70Bo1
LiveBench Language23.8%65.4%
LMArena Text—1366
LMArena Creative Writing—1348
Short-Story Creative Writing—70.2%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1369

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B better than o1?

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B or o1 better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 36.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and o1 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has 13 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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