# DeepSeek-R1 vs Llama 3-70B

> DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-llama-3-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 23

## Summary

- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3-70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 43.8 to 12.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 96.6% for DeepSeek-R1 and 22.6% for Llama 3-70B.
- Llama 3-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 42.3 | 28.8 |
| Rank | 115 | 323 |
| Context | 164K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $2.15 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68)
- Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1427 | 1206 |
| Aider Polyglot | 71.4% | — |
| SciCode | 35.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 41.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 43.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 66.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.5% |
| ALE-Bench | 804.12 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.7 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 69% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75)
- Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 5% |
| DeepResearch Bench | 35.1% | — |
| BALROG | 34.9% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 53.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278)
- Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 69.4% | 35.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1416 | 1195 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.29 | 122.93 |
| ForecastBench | 60 | 57.1 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 40.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 21.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 83.2% | — |
| DTBench | — | 54.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.8% | — |
| LiveBench | 71.6% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 83.5% |

## Math

- DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79)
- Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 66.4% | 4.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1400 | 1218 |
| MATH Level 5 | 96.6% | 22.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 42.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 80.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87)
- Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | 40.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | 1149 |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 66.6% | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85)
- Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | 1114 |
| LMArena French | 1417 | 1232 |
| LMArena German | 1404 | 1169 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1391 | 1017 |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | 1017 |
| LMArena Russian | 1423 | 1159 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1411 | 1241 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143)
- Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1382 | 1194 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 80.5% | — |
| IFEval | 78.4% | — |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36)
- Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1174 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 75% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88)
- Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1221 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1405 | 1210 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1405 | 1223 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 83% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1500 | — |
| WildBench | 82.8% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 48.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Llama 3-70B?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DeepSeek-R1 or Llama 3-70B better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Llama 3-70B share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.