Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Dolly 2.0-12b

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 6 categories and Dolly 2.0-12b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 15.2.
  • Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Dolly 2.0-12b specifications
DeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
ProviderDeepSeekDatabricks
Noometry Index42.325.5
Released2025-01-202023-04-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5217

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Coding1427776
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Dolly 2.0-12b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Hard Prompts1416804
Epoch Capabilities Index141.2989.67
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
ForecastBench60—
HellaSwag—70.8%
LiveBench71.6%—
PIQA—75.4%
WinoGrande—61.8%

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Math1400871
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Dolly 2.0-12b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—39.6%
BoolQ—56.3%
MMLU—26.2%
OpenBookQA—39.2%

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Non-English1412836
LMArena Chinese1442836
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1404—
LMArena Japanese1391—
LMArena Korean1360—
LMArena Russian1423—
LMArena Spanish1411—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Instruction Following1382814
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Dolly 2.0-12b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
Fiction.LiveBench75%—
LMArena Longer Query1391—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Text1428851
LMArena Creative Writing1405864
LMArena Multi-Turn1405740
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Dolly 2.0-12b?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Dolly 2.0-12b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.

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