Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Llama 13b

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.0

Rank #110 Confirmed

Llama 13b Meta

23.9

Rank #344 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.5 to 13.9.
  • Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Llama 13b specifications
DeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index42.023.9
Released2025-01-202023-02-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5221

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.9 (#63), Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
LMArena Coding1427683
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.4 (#68), Llama 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.7 (#253), Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts1415728
Epoch Capabilities Index141.3100.09
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
BIG-Bench Hard—37.9%
ForecastBench60—
HellaSwag—79.2%
LAMBADA—75.2%
LiveBench71.6%—
PIQA—80.1%
WinoGrande—73%

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 42.0 (#70), Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
LMArena Math1401838
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—
GSM8K—20.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 44.3 (#81), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—52.7%
BoolQ—78.7%
MMLU—47.7%
OpenBookQA—56.4%
TriviaQA—77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: —, Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
ScienceQA—43.3%

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.6 (#80), Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
LMArena Non-English1412819
LMArena Chinese1443—
LMArena French1415—
LMArena German1405—
LMArena Japanese1394—
LMArena Korean1359—
LMArena Russian1423—
LMArena Spanish1410—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.2 (#138), Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following1382781
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Llama 13b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
Fiction.LiveBench75%—
LMArena Longer Query1391—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.5 (#84), Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 13b
LMArena Text1428834
LMArena Creative Writing1406794
LMArena Multi-Turn1404753
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Llama 13b?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Llama 13b better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.9 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Llama 13b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.

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