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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs o1

o1 comes out ahead, 65 to 47 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B

    Released Jan 20, 2025

    47/100
    • ECI137.4
    • Price—
    • Context131K
  2. Our pick

    OpenAI

    o1

    Released Dec 5, 2024Deprecated

    65/100
    • ECI141.9
    • Price$15.00 / $60.00
    • Context200K
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01 — Verdict

o1 is our pick

o1 is the better all-round choice, scoring 65/100 against DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (47). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.

  • Capabilityo1Capabilities Index (ECI): o1 141.9 · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 137.4
  • Lowest priceo1o1 $26.25 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B unpriced
  • Longest contexto1o1 200,000 · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputso1DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: Text · o1: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32Bo1
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)67%6268
Inputs & features20%1080
Context window13%2432
Overall100%47/10065/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs o1 specifications side by side
SpecificationDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BDeepSeeko1OpenAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)137.4141.9 (best)
ECI rank#110 of 148#92 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions64.1%76.8% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics—14.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics55.6%73.3% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—41.1%
Price per million tokens
Input—$15.00
Output—$60.00
Cached input—$7.50
Blended (3:1)—$26.25
Long-context rate—Same rate
Price source—Official OpenAI API
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens200,000 tokens (best)
Max output32,768 tokens100,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYesYeslow · medium · high
Tool callingNoYes
Structured outputNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model ID—o1
API providers—9
ReleasedJan 20, 2025Dec 5, 2024
Knowledge cutoff—Sep 2023
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B—
  • o1$270.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or o1?

o1 is the better all-round choice, scoring 65/100 against DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (47). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or o1?

o1 is cheaper at $15.00 input / $60.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $26.25 per million tokens for o1 versus . DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

o1 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): o1 141.9 (#92 of 148) and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 137.4 (#110 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (139.7–143.1 vs 130.7–138.7), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — o1 76.8%, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 64.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — o1 73.3%, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 55.6%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and o1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, o1 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Note that DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

o1 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 131,072 for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B up to 32,768, o1 up to 100,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B accepts text; o1 accepts text, images and PDFs. o1 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; o1 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B is the newest, released Jan 20, 2025. o1 came out Dec 5, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: o1 Sep 2023.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.