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DeepSeek V3 vs Qwen2-72B
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Winner summary
DeepSeek V3 wins on 3/3 benchmarks
DeepSeek V3 wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.
Category leads
knowledge·DeepSeek V3math·DeepSeek V3
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
DeepSeek V3
#45 by perf·no signal
Qwen2-72B
#139 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
3 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek V3Qwen2-72B
GPQA diamond
DeepSeek V3 leads by +21.0
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
DeepSeek V3
42.0
Qwen2-72B
21.0
MATH level 5
DeepSeek V3 leads by +25.8
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
DeepSeek V3
64.8
Qwen2-72B
39.1
MMLU
DeepSeek V3 leads by +6.4
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
DeepSeek V3
82.9
Qwen2-72B
76.5
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 42.0 | 21.0 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 64.8 | 39.1 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 82.9 | 76.5 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.32 | $0.89 | 164K tokens (~82 books) | $4.63 | |
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