Model Comparison

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Hermes 3 70B

Hermes 3 70B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Hermes 3 70B is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Hermes 3 70B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
Input tokens$0.35
Output tokens$1.40
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

55.2B diff

Hermes 3 70B has 55.2B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B, making it 373.0% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
14.8Bparameters
Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
70.0Bparameters
14.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
70.0B
Hermes 3 70B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Hermes 3 70B specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Hermes 3 70B specifies output context (16,384 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
Input131,072 tokens
Output16,384 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is licensed under MIT, while Hermes 3 70B uses Apache 2.0.

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

MIT

Open weights

Hermes 3 70B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B was released on 2025-01-20, while Hermes 3 70B was released on 2024-08-15.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is 5 months newer than Hermes 3 70B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

5mo newer
Hermes 3 70B

Aug 15, 2024

1.7 years ago

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 (131,072 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (66.1% vs 59.1%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Hermes 3 70B

Hermes 3 70B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is made by DeepSeek and Hermes 3 70B is made by Nous Research. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B scores MATH-500: 93.9%, AIME 2024: 80.0%, GPQA: 59.1%, LiveCodeBench: 53.1%. Hermes 3 70B scores MT-Bench: 89.9%, HellaSwag: 88.2%, BoolQ: 88.0%, PIQA: 84.4%, Winogrande: 83.2%.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B supports an unknown number of tokens and Hermes 3 70B supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is developed by DeepSeek and Hermes 3 70B is developed by Nous Research.