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DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs Qwen3 235B A22B

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Winner summary

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp wins 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · arena · knowledge.

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Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
#80 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Qwen3 235B A22B
#60 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
3.2x better value than Qwen3 235B A22B
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
156.5 pts/$
$0.34/M
Qwen3 235B A22B
49.6 pts/$
$1.14/M
Vendor risk
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DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
DeepSeek V3.2 ExpQwen3 235B A22B
Aider polyglot
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads by +14.6
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
74.2
Qwen3 235B A22B
59.6
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads by +48.4
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
1422.8
Qwen3 235B A22B
1374.4
Fiction.LiveBench
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads by +15.6
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
83.3
Qwen3 235B A22B
67.7
WeirdML
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads by +2.2
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
39.5
Qwen3 235B A22B
37.3
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2 ExpQwen3 235B A22B
Aider polyglot
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
74.259.6
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1422.81374.4
Fiction.LiveBench
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
83.367.7
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
39.537.3
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2 Exp$0.27$0.41164K tokens (~82 books)$3.05
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B$0.46$1.82131K tokens (~66 books)$7.96