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Command R+ vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Command R+ and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B are closely matched at 0.2 and -2.4 on the LLM Stats Score.

Cohere · DeepSeek · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Command R+ and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 0.2 and -2.4.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Command R+

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.25/M input and $1.00/M output

Choose DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jan 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Command R+
Cohere
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.2
#305
-2.4
#320
Reasoning
-0.1
#301
-2.0
#310
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Command R+
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Math
-1.7#292
5.7#255
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Command R+ · 4 for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

No common benchmarks found

Command R+ and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

102.2B diff

Command R+ has 102.2B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B, making it 5742.7% larger.

Cohere
Command R+
104.0Bparameters
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
1.8Bparameters
104.0B
Command R+
1.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Command R+ specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Command R+ specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Cohere
Command R+
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Aug 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Command R+ is licensed under CC BY-NC, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Command R+

CC BY-NC

Open weights

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Command R+ was released on 2024-08-30, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B was released on 2025-01-20.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is 5 months newer than Command R+.

Command R+

Aug 30, 2024

2.0 years ago

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Jan 20, 2025

1.6 years ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Command R+ and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Command R+
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
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FAQ

Common questions about Command R+ vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B.

Which is better, Command R+ or DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B?

Command R+ and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 0.2 and -2.4. Command R+ is made by Cohere and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is made by DeepSeek. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Command R+ compare to DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B in benchmarks?

Command R+ scores HellaSwag: 88.6%, Winogrande: 85.4%, MMLU: 75.7%, ARC-C: 71.0%, GSM8k: 70.7%. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B scores MATH-500: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 52.7%, GPQA: 33.8%, LiveCodeBench: 16.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Command R+ and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B?

Command R+ supports 128K tokens and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Command R+ and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.2 vs -2.4), licensing (CC BY-NC vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Command R+ and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B?

Command R+ is developed by Cohere and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is developed by DeepSeek.

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