DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs DeepSeek-V3 0324 Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while DeepSeek-V3 0324 is better at 4 benchmarks (AIME 2024, GPQA, LiveCodeBench, MATH-500).

DeepSeek-V3 0324 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

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DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 0324
Input tokens$0.28
Output tokens$1.14
Best providerNovita
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

669.2B diff

DeepSeek-V3 0324 has 669.2B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B, making it 37596.6% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
1.8Bparameters
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 0324
671.0Bparameters
1.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
671.0B
DeepSeek-V3 0324

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek-V3 0324 specifies input context (163,840 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V3 0324 specifies output context (163,840 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 0324
Input163,840 tokens
Output163,840 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is licensed under MIT, while DeepSeek-V3 0324 uses MIT + Model License (Commercial use allowed).

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

MIT

Open weights

DeepSeek-V3 0324

MIT + Model License (Commercial use allowed)

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B was released on 2025-01-20, while DeepSeek-V3 0324 was released on 2025-03-25.

DeepSeek-V3 0324 is 2 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

DeepSeek-V3 0324

Mar 25, 2025

11 months ago

2mo 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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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (163,840 tokens)
Higher AIME 2024 score (59.4% vs 52.7%)
Higher GPQA score (68.4% vs 33.8%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (49.2% vs 16.9%)
Higher MATH-500 score (94.0% vs 83.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 0324