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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Grok Build 0.1

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B (Deepseek Ai) and Grok Build 0.1 (xAI) 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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#197 vs #203); Grok Build 0.1 offers the longer context window (256K vs 131K tokens); 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 — #197 against #203 (9.6 vs 6.0 points).
  • you want to self-host: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B ships open weights while Grok Build 0.1 is api only.

Choose Grok Build 0.1 if…

  • you need the longer context window — 256K tokens against 131K.
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Grok Build 0.1 was listed 20 May 2026, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B 20 January 2025.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Grok Build 0.1: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and Grok Build 0.1
FieldDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BDeepseek AiGrok Build 0.1xAI
ModelCap Index position#197#203
Index score9.66.0
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$1.00
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$2.00
Context window131K tokens256K tokens
Max output tokens—230K
API providers listed01
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, File
First listed20 January 202520 May 2026
PublisherDeepseek AixAI

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

Benchmark scores: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B vs Grok Build 0.1

Public benchmark boards where DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B or Grok Build 0.1 has a published result
BoardDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BGrok Build 0.1Leads
LMArena AgentLMArena—-11.3%-12.5%–-10.1%Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis9.7intelligence-index—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.1%humanitys-last-exam—Only one result

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 Grok Build 0.1: common questions

Is DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B better than Grok Build 0.1?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #197 against #203. 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 Grok Build 0.1?

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 Grok Build 0.1?

Grok Build 0.1 has the larger context window: 256K tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B or Grok Build 0.1?

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 Grok Build 0.1 open-weight models?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B: Open weights. Grok Build 0.1: API only. 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 Grok Build 0.1?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B and 1 for Grok Build 0.1, 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 Grok Build 0.1 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 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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