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Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 vs DeepSeek-V3.2

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 Released 21 Jul 2025 · $0.15 in · $0.75 out
DeepSeekDeepSeek-V3.2 Released 1 Dec 2025 · $0.30 in · $0.96 out
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 wins 15 too close to callDeepSeek-V3.2 wins 11

Of the 17 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 14 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-14-7d7cf32c3f6d). See also Alibaba vs DeepSeek, every model from both labs.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 or DeepSeek-V3.2? The short answer

Pick DeepSeek-V3.2 if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 21.5 against 12.0). Pick Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 if cost matters more: it costs 35% less per token.

  • Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is cheaper: $0.30 against $0.46 per million tokens, 35% less.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 21.5 against 12.0.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2 is newer: released 1 Dec 2025, against 21 Jul 2025 for Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: DeepSeek-V3.2 does better for reasoning and knowledge and writing.

Head to head

12.0
Intelligence Index
21.5
$0.30
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.46
262,144
Context window, tokens
163,840

Every fact side by side

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507DeepSeek-V3.2
Price per million tokens$0.15 in · $0.75 out$0.30 in · $0.96 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.30$0.46
Cheapest host, blended$0.15 (GMICloud, FP8)$0.23 (GMICloud, FP8)
Intelligence Index12.021.5
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window262,144 tokens163,840 tokens
Released21 Jul 20251 Dec 2025 (newer)
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinaChina

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 52 of 166 89 of 166
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 131 of 200 87 of 200
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 86 of 189 66 of 189
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 99 of 153 59 of 153

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureQwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507DeepSeek-V3.2
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 109 · 106 of 387 measured 1,422 1,425
Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 94 · 85 of 163 measured 1,431 1,437
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 97 · 102 of 380 measured 1,432 1,423thinking reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 154 · 97 of 244 measured 12.0 21.5thinking reasoning
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 136 · 89 of 231 measured 75.3% 84.0%thinking reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 145 · 94 of 243 measured 11.1% 24.6%thinking reasoning
UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results
Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 80 · 54 of 230 measured 49.0 57.3thinking reasoning
Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 69 · 151 of 230 measured 15.0% 26.0%no reasoning
Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 64 · 55 of 230 measured 0.36 0.37thinking reasoning
Show all 17 results (8 more)
MeasureQwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507DeepSeek-V3.2
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 122 · 93 of 385 measured 1,378 1,401
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 103 · 94 of 338 measured 1,447 1,452thinking reasoning
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 104 · 94 of 387 measured 1,414 1,420
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 91 of 386 measured 1,396 1,410
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 4 results
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 113 · 79 of 195 measured 46.1% 60.7%thinking reasoning
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 178 · 93 of 234 measured 33.9% 73.3%thinking reasoning
Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 110 · 47 of 190 measured 15.2% 35.6%thinking reasoning
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 127 · 40 of 193 measured 33.3% 90.6%thinking reasoning

Quick answers

Is Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 better than DeepSeek-V3.2?

Pick DeepSeek-V3.2 if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 21.5 against 12.0). Pick Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 if cost matters more: it costs 35% less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 or DeepSeek-V3.2?

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is cheaper: $0.30 against $0.46 per million tokens, 35% less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 or DeepSeek-V3.2?

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 ranks 52 of 166 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 89 for DeepSeek-V3.2.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 or DeepSeek-V3.2?

DeepSeek-V3.2 ranks 87 of 200 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 131 for Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 or DeepSeek-V3.2?

DeepSeek-V3.2 ranks 66 of 189 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 86 for Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 or DeepSeek-V3.2?

DeepSeek-V3.2 ranks 59 of 153 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 99 for Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 or DeepSeek-V3.2?

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507: 262,144 tokens, against 163,840 for DeepSeek-V3.2.

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