DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B vs Phi 4 Reasoning Plus Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (AIME 2024), while Phi 4 Reasoning Plus is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench).

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

6.4B diff

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus has 6.4B more parameters than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B, making it 83.7% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
7.6Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
14.0Bparameters
7.6B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
14.0B
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under MIT.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

MIT

Open weights

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B was released on 2025-01-20, while Phi 4 Reasoning Plus was released on 2025-04-30.

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus is 3 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Apr 30, 2025

10 months ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-03-01, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Reasoning Plus's training data extends to 2025-03-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B's cutoff date.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Mar 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher AIME 2024 score (83.3% vs 81.3%)
Higher GPQA score (68.9% vs 49.1%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (53.1% vs 37.6%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus