DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Granite 4.2 8B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Granite 4.2 8B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

DeepSeekDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5BNot ranked · benchmark data missing

Intelligence: 5.50
Total cost: -

IBMGranite 4.2 8BOff the frontier

Intelligence: 11.10
Total cost: $53.1

Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Metric	DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B	Granite 4.2 8B	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	5.5	11.1	+101.8% Granite 4.2 8B is 2.0× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	Not reported	$53.07	— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)	Not reported	59.93s	— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	—	$0.06 / $0.25
Input modalities	Text	Text

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