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DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
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Winner summary
DeepSeek V4 Flash wins on 9/9 benchmarks
DeepSeek V4 Flash wins 9 of 9 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · coding · reasoning.
Category leads
arena·DeepSeek V4 Flashcoding·DeepSeek V4 Flashreasoning·DeepSeek V4 Flashlanguage·DeepSeek V4 Flashmath·DeepSeek V4 Flashknowledge·DeepSeek V4 Flash
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
DeepSeek V4 Flash
#39 by perf·#5 by attention
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#40 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
DeepSeek V4 Flash
1.0x better value than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
DeepSeek V4 Flash
94.6 pts/$
$0.65/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
91.3 pts/$
$0.67/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
9 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek V4 FlashQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +66.7
DeepSeek V4 Flash
1436.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
1369.3
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +41.7
DeepSeek V4 Flash
50.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
8.3
LiveBench · Coding
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +8.6
DeepSeek V4 Flash
69.2
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
60.7
LiveBench · Data Analysis
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +14.4
DeepSeek V4 Flash
68.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
53.6
LiveBench · If
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +21.6
DeepSeek V4 Flash
63.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
41.5
LiveBench · Language
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +13.8
DeepSeek V4 Flash
70.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
56.3
LiveBench · Mathematics
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +5.4
DeepSeek V4 Flash
79.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
74.3
LiveBench · Overall
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +16.8
DeepSeek V4 Flash
67.3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
50.4
LiveBench · Reasoning
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads by +12.4
DeepSeek V4 Flash
70.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
58.2
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1436.0 | 1369.3 |
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 50.0 | 8.3 |
LiveBench · Coding | 69.2 | 60.7 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 68.0 | 53.6 |
LiveBench · If | 63.1 | 41.5 |
LiveBench · Language | 70.1 | 56.3 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 79.7 | 74.3 |
LiveBench · Overall | 67.3 | 50.4 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 70.6 | 58.2 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.02 | $1.28 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $3.37 | |
| $0.15 | $1.20 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $4.13 |
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