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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Gemma 3 4B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B (Deepseek Ai) and Gemma 3 4B (Google) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#193 vs #195); and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #193 against #195 (11.3 vs 10.9 points).
  • you want to self-host: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B ships open weights while Gemma 3 4B is gated access.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 9.7 against 1.0.

Choose Gemma 3 4B if…

  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Gemma 3 4B was listed 13 March 2025, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B 20 January 2025.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Gemma 3 4B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Gemma 3 4B
FieldDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BDeepseek AiGemma 3 4BGoogle
ModelCap Index position#193#195
Index score11.310.9
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.05
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.10
Context window131K tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed01
Weight accessOpen weightsGated access
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed20 January 202513 March 2025
PublisherDeepseek AiGoogle

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Gemma 3 4B

Public benchmark boards where DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B or Gemma 3 4B has a published result
BoardDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BGemma 3 4BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—12741250–1298Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—19.6PromptOnly one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis9.7intelligence-index1.0intelligence-indexDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Gemma 3 4B: common questions

Is DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B better than Gemma 3 4B?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #193 against #195. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B cheaper than Gemma 3 4B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B or Gemma 3 4B?

Both publish a 131K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B or Gemma 3 4B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Gemma 3 4B open-weight models?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B: Open weights. Gemma 3 4B: Gated access. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Gemma 3 4B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and 1 for Gemma 3 4B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Gemma 3 4B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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