Model Comparison

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

18.7B diff

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct has 18.7B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B, making it 126.4% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
14.8Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
33.5Bparameters
14.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
33.5B
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B does not.

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct 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

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct 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

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B was released on 2025-01-20, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-02-28.

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is 1 month newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Feb 28, 2025

1.1 years ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher GPQA score (59.1% vs 46.0%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is made by DeepSeek and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. 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%. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct scores DocVQA: 94.8%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.3%, HumanEval: 91.5%, ScreenSpot: 88.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), 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 Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.