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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 20 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.5-122B-A10B Released 24 Feb 2026 · $0.26 in · $2.08 out
DeepSeekDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus Released 22 Sep 2025 · $0.27 in · $1.00 out
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B wins 105 too close to callDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus wins 5

Of the 20 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs DeepSeek, every model from both labs.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus? The short answer

Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 14.8). Pick DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus if cost matters more: it costs 37% less per token.

  • DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is cheaper: $0.45 against $0.72 per million tokens, 37% less.
  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 17.7 against 14.8.
  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 22 Sep 2025 for DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does better for reasoning and knowledge; DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus for writing.

Head to head

17.7
Intelligence Index
14.8
$0.72
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.45
262,144
Context window, tokens
163,840

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Price per million tokens$0.26 in · $2.08 out$0.27 in · $1.00 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.72$0.45
Cheapest host, blended$0.72 (Alibaba)$0.45 (SiliconFlow, FP8)
Intelligence Index17.714.8
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second147–
Context window262,144 tokens163,840 tokens
Released24 Feb 2026 (newer)22 Sep 2025
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 95 of 164 88 of 164
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 87 of 198 109 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 102 of 188 81 of 188
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 108 of 152 not measured

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.

MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 117 · 115 of 387 measured 1,416 1,417thinking reasoning
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 105 · 103 of 380 measured 1,422 1,423thinking reasoning
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 136 · 87 of 385 measured 1,366 1,405
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 114 · 129 of 243 measured 17.7no reasoning 14.8thinking reasoning
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 75 · 112 of 231 measured 85.7% 79.2%thinking reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 92 · 121 of 242 measured 25.2% 16.4%thinking reasoning
UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results
Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 112 · 64 of 230 measured 39.5no reasoning 54.0thinking reasoning
Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 33 · 174 of 230 measured 9.0%thinking reasoning 32.0%thinking reasoning
Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 83 · 43 of 230 measured 0.36no reasoning 0.37thinking reasoning
Show all 20 results (11 more)
MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BDeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 2 results
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 93 of 387 measured 1,406 1,420thinking reasoning
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 125 · 88 of 386 measured 1,387 1,412thinking reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 9 results
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 64 · 68 of 130 measured 47.6% 44.9%thinking reasoning
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 66 · 66 of 112 measured 0.0% 0.0%thinking reasoning
τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 58 · 47 of 121 measured 15.3% 21.0%thinking reasoning
Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 65 · 69 of 131 measured 45.7 43.5thinking reasoning
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 22 · 86 of 195 measured 75.7% 57.0%thinking reasoning
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 72 · 113 of 233 measured 76.3% 69.3%thinking reasoning
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 79 · 85 of 113 measured 39.7% 38.0%thinking reasoning
Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 65 · 63 of 190 measured 31.1% 31.8%no reasoning
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 30 · 118 of 193 measured 93.6% 37.1%no reasoning

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B better than DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?

Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 14.8). Pick DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus if cost matters more: it costs 37% less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is cheaper: $0.45 against $0.72 per million tokens, 37% less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus ranks 88 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 95 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 87 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 109 for DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus ranks 81 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 102 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 262,144 tokens, against 163,840 for DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus.

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