DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs QwQ-32B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and QwQ-32B are closely matched at 10.9 and 14.8 on the LLM Stats Score.
DeepSeek · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and QwQ-32B are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 10.9 and 14.8.
The models split the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
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Choose QwQ-32B
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At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
4 reported for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B · 7 for QwQ-32B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2024, MATH-500), while QwQ-32B is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench).
Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
QwQ-32B has 17.7B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B, making it 119.6% larger.
License
Usage and distribution terms
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is licensed under MIT, while QwQ-32B uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MIT
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B was released on 2025-01-20, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.
QwQ-32B is 1 month newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B.
Jan 20, 2025
1.7 years ago
Mar 5, 2025
1.6 years ago
1mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm QwQ-32B's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B's cutoff date.
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Nov 2024
Outputs Comparison
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FAQ
Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs QwQ-32B.