DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning)

DeepSeek · Alibaba · catalog 2026-09-14

Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning) beats DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B: cheaper ($0.372 vs $0.74/M) and at least as smart (index 8.2 vs 7.9).

	DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B	Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning)
Speed (tok/s)	22.8 measured	115.1 measured
Blended $/M	$0.74 derived	$0.372 derived
Intelligence index	7.9 measured	8.2 measured
TTFT (ms)	102 measured	237 measured
Context	8k list	—
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B card · Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.