Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen1.5-110B

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.0

Rank #110 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.6

Rank #231 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.5 to 38.1.
  • Qwen1.5-110B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen1.5-110B specifications
DeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.033.6
Released2025-01-202024-04-25
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5220

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.9 (#63), Qwen1.5-110B: 32.4 (#260)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Coding14271184
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—35%
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete—44.4%
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.4 (#68), Qwen1.5-110B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-110B leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.7 (#253), Qwen1.5-110B: 21.7 (#192)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Hard Prompts14151168
ForecastBench6057.7
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—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 42.0 (#70), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.1 (#199)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Math14011185
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.3 (#81), Qwen1.5-110B: 30.7 (#217)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Expert13941144
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.6 (#80), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.8 (#245)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Non-English14121142
LMArena Chinese14431206
LMArena French14151150
LMArena German14051123
LMArena Japanese13941074
LMArena Korean13591044
LMArena Russian14231118
LMArena Spanish14101141

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.2 (#138), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.6 (#247)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Instruction Following13821158
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.0 (#237)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Longer Query13911157
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.5 (#84), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.1 (#250)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Text14281175
LMArena Creative Writing14061148
LMArena Multi-Turn14041160
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Qwen1.5-110B?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.9 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen1.5-110B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.

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