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DeepSeek V3.2 vs Qwen3 8B
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Winner summary
DeepSeek V3.2 wins on 6/6 benchmarks
DeepSeek V3.2 wins 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in math · knowledge · language.
Category leads
math·DeepSeek V3.2knowledge·DeepSeek V3.2language·DeepSeek V3.2coding·DeepSeek V3.2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
DeepSeek V3.2
#82 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 8B
#56 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3 8B
1.5x better value than DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek V3.2
165.6 pts/$
$0.32/M
Qwen3 8B
251.1 pts/$
$0.23/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 8B
OpenCompass · AIME2025
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +26.8
DeepSeek V3.2
93.0
Qwen3 8B
66.2
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +24.9
DeepSeek V3.2
84.6
Qwen3 8B
59.7
OpenCompass · HLE
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +17.7
DeepSeek V3.2
23.2
Qwen3 8B
5.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +4.1
DeepSeek V3.2
89.7
Qwen3 8B
85.6
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +25.3
DeepSeek V3.2
75.4
Qwen3 8B
50.1
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +13.7
DeepSeek V3.2
85.8
Qwen3 8B
72.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 93.0 | 66.2 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 84.6 | 59.7 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 23.2 | 5.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 89.7 | 85.6 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 75.4 | 50.1 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 85.8 | 72.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V3.2 | $0.26 | $0.38 | 164K tokens (~82 books) | $2.90 |
| Qwen3 8B | $0.05 | $0.40 | 41K tokens (~20 books) | $1.38 |