Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.0

Rank #110 Confirmed

Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat NVIDIA

31.2

Rank #265 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 6 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.5 to 31.8.
  • Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat specifications
DeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
ProviderDeepSeekNVIDIA
Noometry Index42.031.2
Released2025-01-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked529

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.9 (#63), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.3 (#295)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Coding14271025
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), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Too close to call

DeepSeek-R1: 18.7 (#253), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 19.1 (#245)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts14151047
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.3—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 42.0 (#70), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Math14011072
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 44.3 (#81), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.6 (#80), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.9 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Non-English14121064
LMArena Chinese1443—
LMArena French1415—
LMArena German1405—
LMArena Japanese1394—
LMArena Korean1359—
LMArena Russian1423—
LMArena Spanish1410—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.2 (#138), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.5 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Instruction Following13821061
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#283)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Longer Query1391998
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.5 (#84), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.8 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Text14281098
LMArena Creative Writing14061091
LMArena Multi-Turn14041058
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.9 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.

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