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DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

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Winner summary

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking wins 5 of 9 shared benchmarks. Leads in reasoning · language · math.

Category leads
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Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
#80 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#34 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
1.1x better value than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
156.5 pts/$
$0.34/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
140.4 pts/$
$0.44/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 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads by +53.8
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
1422.8
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
1369.0
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads by +28.3
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
36.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
8.3
LiveBench · Coding
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads by +12.5
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
73.2
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
60.7
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +9.3
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
44.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
53.6
LiveBench · If
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +22.2
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
19.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
41.5
LiveBench · Language
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads by +9.3
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
65.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
56.3
LiveBench · Mathematics
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +9.9
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
64.4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
74.3
LiveBench · Overall
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +0.6
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
49.9
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
50.4
LiveBench · Reasoning
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +12.7
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
45.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
58.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2 ExpQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1422.81369.0
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
36.78.3
LiveBench · Coding
73.260.7
LiveBench · Data Analysis
44.353.6
LiveBench · If
19.341.5
LiveBench · Language
65.656.3
LiveBench · Mathematics
64.474.3
LiveBench · Overall
49.950.4
LiveBench · Reasoning
45.558.2
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 Next 80B A3B Thinking$0.10$0.78131K tokens (~66 books)$2.68