Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B DeepSeek

35.5

Rank #226 Confirmed

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6.1 Sol in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 81.9 to 18.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 1% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and 61% for GPT-6.1 Sol.
  • DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and GPT-6.1 Sol specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index35.565.6
Released2025-01-202026-09-29
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked1434

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 36.1 (#212), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
DeepSWE—75.2%
FrontierCode—50.2%
LMArena WebDev—1755
SciCode—55.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct43.9%—
LiveBench Coding33.7%—
LMArena Coding—1487
BigCodeBench Complete54.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 28.1 (#94), GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
APEX-Agents—60%
BALROG19.5%—
GDP.pdf—32%

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 18.2 (#284), GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
Chess Puzzles1%61%
Epoch Capabilities Index137.44166.09
ARC-AGI-2—94.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—95.5%
ARC-AGI-1—98.5%
CritPt—31.7%
EBR-Bench—54.3%
LiveBench Reasoning52.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1466
Mystery Game Puzzles—80%
LiveBench Data Analysis45.4%—
LiveBench45.5%—

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 34.5 (#194), GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%100%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—93.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—100%
ProofBench—99%
LiveBench Math59.4%—
LMArena Math—1464

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.7 (#182), GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
GPQA Diamond64.1%95.4%
SimpleQA Verified—73.9%
LMArena Expert—1502

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Vision—1288
Furniture Assembly—80%

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Non-English—1438
LMArena Chinese—1477
LMArena Russian—1455

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 61.6 (#243), GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
LiveBench Instruction Following55.7%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1468

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Longer Query—1465

Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 49.6 (#188), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGPT-6.1 Sol
LMArena Text—1447
LMArena Creative Writing—1432
LMArena Multi-Turn—1449
LiveBench Language26.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B better than GPT-6.1 Sol?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or GPT-6.1 Sol better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and GPT-6.1 Sol share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has 14 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6.1 Sol has 34.

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