DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs o4-mini
Comparing DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B by DeepSeek and o4-mini by OpenAI across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while o4-mini is better at 2 benchmarks (AIME 2024, GPQA).
o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only o4-mini specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only o4-mini specifies output context (100,000 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
o4-mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B does not.
o4-mini can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
o4-mini
License
Usage and distribution terms
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is licensed under MIT, while o4-mini uses a proprietary license.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MIT
Open weights
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B was released on 2025-01-20, while o4-mini was released on 2025-04-16.
o4-mini is 3 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B.
Jan 20, 2025
1.2 years ago
Apr 16, 2025
11 months ago
2mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
o4-mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-05-31, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm o4-mini's training data extends to 2024-05-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B's cutoff date.
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May 2024
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
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