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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Grok-4.1 Thinking

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok-4.1 Thinking are closely matched at 11.0 and 15.9 on the LLM Stats Score.

DeepSeek · xAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok-4.1 Thinking are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 11.0 and 15.9.

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

Choose DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Grok-4.1 Thinking

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
DeepSeek
Grok-4.1 Thinking
xAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
11.0
#249
15.9
#215
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$3.00 / M
Output price
— / M
$15.00 / M
Context window
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256,000

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B · 11 for Grok-4.1 Thinking

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok-4.1 Thinkingdon'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

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Grok-4.1 Thinking specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Grok-4.1 Thinking specifies output context (8,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
xAI
Grok-4.1 Thinking
Input256,000 tokens
Output8,000 tokens
Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Grok-4.1 Thinking supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B does not.

Grok-4.1 Thinking can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Grok-4.1 Thinking

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is licensed under MIT, while Grok-4.1 Thinking uses a proprietary license.

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

MIT

Open weights

Grok-4.1 Thinking

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B was released on 2025-01-20, while Grok-4.1 Thinking was released on 2025-11-17.

Grok-4.1 Thinking is 10 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Jan 20, 2025

1.6 years ago

Grok-4.1 Thinking

Nov 17, 2025

9 months ago

10mo 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 DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok-4.1 Thinking side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
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Grok-4.1 Thinking
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FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Grok-4.1 Thinking.

Which is better, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B or Grok-4.1 Thinking?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok-4.1 Thinking are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 11.0 and 15.9. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is made by DeepSeek and Grok-4.1 Thinking is made by xAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B compare to Grok-4.1 Thinking in benchmarks?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B scores MATH-500: 93.9%, AIME 2024: 80.0%, GPQA: 59.1%, LiveCodeBench: 53.1%. Grok-4.1 Thinking scores Creative Writing v3: 86.1%, WMDP: 84.0%, EQ-Bench: 79.3%, ProtocolQA: 79.0%, LMArena Text Leaderboard: 74.2%.

What are the context window sizes for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok-4.1 Thinking?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B supports an unknown number of tokens and Grok-4.1 Thinking supports 256K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok-4.1 Thinking?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (11.0 vs 15.9), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok-4.1 Thinking?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is developed by DeepSeek and Grok-4.1 Thinking is developed by xAI.

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