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DeepSeek V3.2 vs Qwen3 235B A22B
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
DeepSeek V3.2 wins on 3/3 benchmarks
DeepSeek V3.2 wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · arena · knowledge.
Category leads
coding·DeepSeek V3.2arena·DeepSeek V3.2knowledge·DeepSeek V3.2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
DeepSeek V3.2
#84 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 235B A22B
#60 by perf·no signal
Best value
DeepSeek V3.2
3.4x better value than Qwen3 235B A22B
DeepSeek V3.2
168.3 pts/$
$0.32/M
Qwen3 235B A22B
49.6 pts/$
$1.14/M
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 V3.2Qwen3 235B A22B
Aider polyglot
DeepSeek V3.2 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
74.2
Qwen3 235B A22B
59.6
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +50.0
DeepSeek V3.2
1424.4
Qwen3 235B A22B
1374.4
GPQA diamond
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +17.0
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
DeepSeek V3.2
77.9
Qwen3 235B A22B
60.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Qwen3 235B A22B |
|---|---|---|
Aider polyglot Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework. | 74.2 | 59.6 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1424.4 | 1374.4 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 77.9 | 60.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.25 | $0.38 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $2.83 | |
| $0.46 | $1.82 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $7.96 |
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