Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B vs o1

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 26.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B scores higher in 0 categories and o1 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1 leads 41.5 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 21.4% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B and 73.3% for o1.
  • DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B and o1 specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index26.140.9
Released2025-01-202024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$15
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked552

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 21.8 (#336), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
WeirdML—47.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct7%—
LiveBench Coding—69.7%
LMArena Coding—1367
BigCodeBench Complete7.9%—
CadEval—56%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: —, o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons—51.1%

Reasoning o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 19.2 (#262), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
Chess Puzzles0%15%
SimpleBench—41.7%
ARC-AGI-1—30.7%
EnigmaEval—5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—91.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1371
DTBench—74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
LMCA—22.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—141.91
LiveBench—75.7%

Math o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 23.0 (#274), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202521.4%73.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—14.7%
LiveBench Math—80.3%
LMArena Math—1388
MATH Level 5—94.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—9.3%

Knowledge o1 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 16.0 (#290), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
GPQA Diamond33.6%76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam—8%
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
Confabulations—11.7%
LMArena Expert—1361

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: —, o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
LMArena Vision—1168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: —, o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
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 Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: —, o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.5%
LMArena Instruction Following—1367

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: —, o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1378

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: —, o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5Bo1
LMArena Text—1366
LMArena Creative Writing—1348
Short-Story Creative Writing—70.2%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1369
LiveBench Language—65.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B better than o1?

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 26.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B or o1 better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 21.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B and o1 share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B has 5 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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