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R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 Distill Llama 70B wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
Context Window
R1 Distill Llama 70B
Speed
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1 Distill Llama 70BQwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1 Distill Llama 70BQwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorDeepseekQwen
ReleasedJan 2025Unknown

R1 Distill Llama 70B Modalities

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Output
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Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) has cheaper input pricing at $0.03/M tokens. Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) has cheaper output pricing at $0.15/M tokens.
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 13.7, compared to R1 Distill Llama 70B's score of 11.4.