Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B
Claude 2.1 and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (25.2 vs 26.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 2 categories and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B leads 23.0 to 10.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Claude 2.1 and 21.4% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B.
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 26.1 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-01-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 21.8 (#336)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 7.9% |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 19.2 (#262)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 23.0 (#274)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 21.4% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 16.0 (#290)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 33.6% |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?
Claude 2.1 and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (25.2 vs 26.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Claude 2.1 or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B better for coding?
Claude 2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 26.2 versus 21.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B has 5.