Battle of the Models

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DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B (free)

A-TIER

OpenRouter

Intelligence Score 83/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 128k

Pricing Model Free / Open

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Replicate

Intelligence Score 76/100

Context Window 32K tokens

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 83/100 vs 76/100, DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B (free) outperforms mistralai/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2 by 7 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B (free)	mistralai/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2
Context Window	128k	32K tokens
Architecture	Transformer (Open Weight)	Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score	~75-79%	~70-74%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	20 requests/minute	Varies by model
Daily Limit	50 requests/day (up to 1000 with $10 topup)	Credit-based
Capabilities	No specific data	No specific data
Performance Tier	B-Tier (Strong)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	🐢 Slower (Reasoning)	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	🧠 Complex Reasoning	General Purpose
Model Size	70B	7b
Limitations	Limits depend on account history/topup Community key models Free models have lower priority during peak demand	Pay-per-second billing (can be expensive) Cold starts for less popular models Trial credits are minimal
Key Strengths	Unified API for 100+ models from all providers OpenAI-compatible endpoint (drop-in replacement) Automatic model fallback and routing	Run any public model with an API Fine-tune existing models easily Cold boots can be slow for unpopular models