DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen2.5-VL-32B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

DeepSeek-R1 wins overall with a score of 35 vs 34 (1 point difference).DeepSeek-R1 wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek-R1

41.8

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

40.8

44
MMLU
43
43
GPQA
42
41
SuperGPQA
40
39
OpenBookQA
38

Coding

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek-R1

36

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

35

36
HumanEval
35

Mathematics

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek-R1

43

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

42

44
AIME 2023
43
46
AIME 2024
45
45
AIME 2025
44
40
HMMT Feb 2023
39
42
HMMT Feb 2024
41
41
HMMT Feb 2025
40
43
BRUMO 2025
42

Reasoning

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek-R1

41

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

40

42
SimpleQA
41
40
MuSR
39

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher overall with 35 vs 34, a difference of 1 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

DeepSeek-R1 leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 41.8 vs 40.8.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

DeepSeek-R1 leads in coding with an average score of 36 vs 35.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

DeepSeek-R1 leads in math with an average score of 43 vs 42.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

DeepSeek-R1 leads in reasoning with an average score of 41 vs 40.