DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Llama 4 Maverick

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs Llama 4 Maverick. 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
-
MetaLlama 4 MaverickOff the frontier
Intelligence
9.30
Total cost
$44.0
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.

MetricDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5BLlama 4 MaverickDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)5.59.3+69.1% Llama 4 Maverick is 69.1% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$43.98— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported10.48s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)—$0.25 / $0.92
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