Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Llama 2-13B

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 29.8.
  • Llama 2-13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Llama 2-13B specifications
DeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index42.329.6
Released2025-01-202023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5232

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Coding14271062
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), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Hard Prompts14161051
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29106.17
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
DTBench—42.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
ForecastBench60—
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
LiveBench71.6%—
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Math14001065
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Expert13941030
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: —, Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English14121024
LMArena Chinese14421001
LMArena French14171044
LMArena German14041009
LMArena Japanese1391894
LMArena Korean1360953
LMArena Russian14231055
LMArena Spanish14111087

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following13821045
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query13911064
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Text14281084
LMArena Creative Writing14051047
LMArena Multi-Turn14051050
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Llama 2-13B?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Llama 2-13B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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