DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is a distilled large language model based on [Qwen 2.5 32B](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-32B), using outputs from [DeepSeek R1](/deepseek/deepseek-r1). It outperforms OpenAI's o1-mini across various bench…
Model details →DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Reka: Flash 3
Reka: Flash 3 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Reka Flash 3 is a general-purpose, instruction-tuned large language model with 21 billion parameters, developed by Reka. It excels at general chat, coding tasks, instruction-following, and function calling. Featuring a 32K context length an…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B | Reka: Flash 3 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 33K | 66K | 🏆 Reka: Flash 3 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.29 | $0.10 | 🏆 Reka: Flash 3 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.29 | $0.20 | 🏆 Reka: Flash 3 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | — | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B better than Reka: Flash 3?
Reka: Flash 3 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Reka: Flash 3?
Input: $0.29 vs $0.10 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.29 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Reka: Flash 3 support?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B supports up to 33K tokens. Reka: Flash 3 supports up to 66K tokens.
Do both DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Reka: Flash 3 support tool calling?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B: not advertised. Reka: Flash 3: not advertised.