What are DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B's benchmark scores?

As of 25 Oct 2026, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B scores 36.1 ±5.1 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in composite (36) and weakest in instruction following (19). That rests on 5 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.

How does DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B rank?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B is #754 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 164 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.

When was DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B released?

DeepSeek released DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B on 20 Jan 2025.

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DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B is a DeepSeek open-weights reasoning model, released 20 Jan 2025. Its best configuration ranks #754 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 36.1 ±5.1, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 164 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in composite (36) and lowest in instruction following (19). Last measured 20 Jan 2025.stale: no new result in six months

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Released: 20 Jan 2025

How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.

Overall index36
Reasoning27
Maths33
Instruction following19
Long context24
Composite36

How its index has moved

9 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Benchmark	not stated	Source
GPQA Diamond	33.6%#264	Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub
GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index	9.8%#559	Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index	3.1%#604	Artificial Analysis

Maths

Benchmark	not stated	Source
OTIS Mock AIME	21.4%#221	Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub

Instruction following

Benchmark	not stated	Source
IFBench	13.2%#422	Artificial Analysis

Long context

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA-LCR	1.7%#492	Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2	5.5#573	Artificial Analysis

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What are DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B's benchmark scores?: As of 25 Oct 2026, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B scores 36.1 ±5.1 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in composite (36) and weakest in instruction following (19). That rests on 5 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B rank?: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B is #754 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 164 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
When was DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B released?: DeepSeek released DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B on 20 Jan 2025.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1-5b.