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Qwen3 235B A22B vs DeepSeek V3.2
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
Qwen3 235B A22B
#60 by perf·no signal
DeepSeek V3.2
#84 by perf·no signal
Best value
DeepSeek V3.2
3.4x better value than Qwen3 235B A22B
Qwen3 235B A22B
49.6 pts/$
$1.14/M
DeepSeek V3.2
168.3 pts/$
$0.32/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Head to head
3 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3 235B A22BDeepSeek V3.2
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.
Qwen3 235B A22B
59.6
DeepSeek V3.2
74.2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
DeepSeek V3.2 leads by +50.0
Qwen3 235B A22B
1374.4
DeepSeek V3.2
1424.4
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.
Qwen3 235B A22B
60.9
DeepSeek V3.2
77.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B A22B | DeepSeek V3.2 |
|---|---|---|
Aider polyglot Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework. | 59.6 | 74.2 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1374.4 | 1424.4 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 60.9 | 77.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.46 | $1.82 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $7.96 | |
| $0.25 | $0.38 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $2.83 |
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