Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 25.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index42.330.3
Released2025-01-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5210

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14271016
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Too close to call

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1416993
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 Index141.29—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14001018
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1412977
LMArena Chinese14421014
LMArena Russian1423947
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1404—
LMArena Japanese1391—
LMArena Korean1360—
LMArena Spanish1411—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1382978
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench75%—
LMArena Longer Query1391—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14281032
LMArena Creative Writing1405990
LMArena Multi-Turn14051007
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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