DeepSeek V3.2 vs Qwen3-235B-A22B
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
DeepSeek V3.2
68.4DeepSeek · Sep 2025
The sparse-attention release that halved DeepSeek's already-lowest-in-class prices while keeping GPT-class quality.
Qwen3-235B-A22B
69.0Alibaba (Qwen) · Jul 2025
The most popular open general-purpose Qwen: 235B MoE with hybrid thinking, a staple of the 2025 open-source ecosystem.
The verdict
DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3-235B-A22B split the 4 benchmarks they share evenly (2–2), so capability alone won't settle this one. DeepSeek V3.2 is about 1.2x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Qwen3-235B-A22B also takes 262K of context versus 128K for DeepSeek V3.2.
Benchmark head-to-head 2–2
Specs & pricing
| DeepSeek V3.2 | Qwen3-235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | 68.4 | 69.0 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.28 | $0.22 |
| Output price / 1M | $0.42 | $0.88 |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 64K | 33K |
| Open weights | yes (MIT) | yes (Apache 2.0) |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Multimodal input | text | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jul 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Released | Sep 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $3.43 | $3.52 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, DeepSeek V3.2 or Qwen3-235B-A22B?
- DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3-235B-A22B split the 4 benchmarks they share evenly (2–2), so capability alone won't settle this one. DeepSeek V3.2 is about 1.2x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Qwen3-235B-A22B also takes 262K of context versus 128K for DeepSeek V3.2.
- Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Qwen3-235B-A22B?
- DeepSeek V3.2 costs $0.28/$0.42 per million input/output tokens, while Qwen3-235B-A22B costs $0.22/$0.88. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $3.43 versus $3.52.
- Which model is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.2 or Qwen3-235B-A22B?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.
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