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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads the LLM Stats Score 13.3 to -5.2.

DeepSeek · IBM · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 13.3 to -5.2, ranking #232 overall.

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

Choose DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 13.3 and ranks #232 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes

Choose IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
DeepSeek
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
IBM
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
13.3
#232
-5.2
#342
Reasoning
13.5
#224
-5.3
#332
Coding
8.3
#170
3.0
#207
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.12 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.18 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Math
15.2#208
-5.4#308
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B · 12 for IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Previewdon'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

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

25.8B diff

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B has 25.8B more parameters than IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview, making it 368.6% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
32.8Bparameters
IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
7.0Bparameters
32.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
7.0B
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is licensed under MIT, while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview uses Apache 2.0.

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

MIT

Open weights

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B was released on 2025-01-20, while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview was released on 2025-05-02.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is 3 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Jan 20, 2025

1.6 years ago

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

May 2, 2025

1.3 years ago

3mo 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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FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview.

Which is better, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B or IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads the LLM Stats Score 13.3 to -5.2. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is made by DeepSeek and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is made by IBM. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B compare to IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview in benchmarks?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B scores MATH-500: 94.3%, AIME 2024: 83.3%, GPQA: 62.1%, LiveCodeBench: 57.2%. IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview scores AttaQ: 86.1%, HumanEval: 82.4%, HumanEval+: 78.3%, GSM8k: 70.1%, IFEval: 63.0%.

What are the context window sizes for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B supports 128K tokens and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview supports an unknown number of 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 32B and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (13.3 vs -5.2), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is developed by DeepSeek and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is developed by IBM.

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