Compare/QwQ 32B vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

QwQ 32BvsDeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Alibaba

QwQ 32B

Input
$0.66/M
Output
$1/M
Speed
33 tok/s
TTFT
0.45s
DeepSeek

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Input
$0.7/M
Output
$1.05/M
Speed
41 tok/s
TTFT
0.73s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
QwQ 32B
Faster (tok/s)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
Lower Latency
QwQ 32B
Benchmarks (7-5)
QwQ 32B

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwQ 32BDeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
Input ($/M tokens)$0.66$0.7
Output ($/M tokens)$1$1.05
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
QwQ 32B$0.76
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B$0.80

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
QwQ 32B
33 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
41 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
QwQ 32B
0.45s
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
0.73s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
19.716.0
Coding Index
11.4
Math Index
29.053.7
GPQA Diamond
59.3%40.2%
MMLU-Pro
76.4%79.5%
LiveCodeBench
63.1%26.6%
AIME 2025
29.0%53.7%
MATH-500
95.7%93.5%
Humanity's Last Exam
8.2%6.1%
SciCode
35.8%31.2%
IFBench
38.8%27.6%
TerminalBench
1.5%
QwQ 32B7 wins
5 winsDeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, QwQ 32B or DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?

QwQ 32B is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.74/M tokens vs $0.88/M for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

QwQ 32B wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B generates tokens faster at 41 tok/s vs 33 tok/s. QwQ 32B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.45s vs 0.73s).

When should I use QwQ 32B vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?

Choose based on your priorities: QwQ 32B for lower cost, QwQ 32B for stronger benchmark performance, and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.