DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Grok 4.20 0309 v2
DeepSeek vs xAI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Grok 4.20 0309 v2 has the higher intelligence index (91.1 vs 32.6)
- •DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is cheaper ($0.00 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | Grok 4.20 0309 v2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 32.6 | 91.1 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | xAI |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | Open weights | — |
| Context window | — | — |
| Input price | $0.00 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.00 / 1M | $6.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | 105 tok/s |
| Released | January 20, 2025 | April 7, 2026 |
| Parameters | 1780000000 | — |
| Input modalities | — | — |
| Output modalities | — | — |
Shared benchmarks
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Grok 4.20 0309 v2
GPQA Diamond
33.8
91.1
Humanity’s Last Exam
3.3
32.2