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o4 Mini Deep Research vs R1 Distill Llama 70B

How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for o4 Mini Deep Research and R1 Distill Llama 70B.

OpenAI

o4 Mini Deep Research

o4-mini-deep-research is OpenAI's faster, more affordable deep research model—ideal for tackling complex, multi-step research tasks. Note: This model always uses the 'web_search' tool which adds additional cost.

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DeepSeek

R1 Distill Llama 70B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is a distilled large language model based on [Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct](/meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct), using outputs from [DeepSeek R1](/deepseek/deepseek-r1). The model combines advanced distillation techniques to achieve high performance across...

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Technical Specifications

Specificationo4 Mini Deep ResearchR1 Distill Llama 70B
ProviderOpenAIDeepSeek
Context Window200,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Agent SuitabilityN/AN/A
Time to First Token (TTFT)N/AN/A
Deployment Modelmanaged apiself hostable
Production Stabilitystablestable
API AvailableYesYes
Released Date2025-10-102025-01-23

API Pricing Comparison

Input Price per Million Tokens

o4 Mini Deep Research

$2.00

R1 Distill Llama 70B

$0.80

Output Price per Million Tokens

o4 Mini Deep Research

$8.00

R1 Distill Llama 70B

$0.80

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Benchmark Performance Metrics

Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.

MMLUGeneral knowledge & multi-task understanding
N/Avs8520.0%
o4 Mini Deep Research
R1 Distill Llama 70B
HumanEvalPython coding & logic synthesis
N/Avs8830.0%
o4 Mini Deep Research
R1 Distill Llama 70B
MATHComplex mathematical problem solving
N/Avs7000.0%
o4 Mini Deep Research
R1 Distill Llama 70B
GPQAGraduate-level expert reasoning
N/Avs4450.0%
o4 Mini Deep Research
R1 Distill Llama 70B
HellaSwagCommonsense reasoning and inference
N/Avs8600.0%
o4 Mini Deep Research
R1 Distill Llama 70B
MT-BenchMulti-turn conversation flow quality
N/Avs905.0%
o4 Mini Deep Research
R1 Distill Llama 70B

o4 Mini Deep Research Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.

R1 Distill Llama 70B Quirks & Gotchas

No developer gotchas reported.