Which is better for coding — DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen3 235B A22B?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen3 235B A22B?

Qwen3 235B A22B is cheaper for input: $0.20 per 1M tokens vs $0.27.

Which has a larger context window — DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen3 235B A22B?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp supports a larger context: 163,840 tokens vs 128,000.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Qwen3 235B A22B: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp	Qwen3 235B A22B
Company	DeepSeek	Alibaba
Release Date	September 28, 2025	April 28, 2025
Parameters	685B	235B
Multimodal	No	No
Context (input)	164K	128K
Context (output)	66K	128K
Input Price / 1M	$0.27	$0.20
Output Price / 1M	$0.41	$0.60
Average Score	0.8	0.9

Verdict

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads in 3 out of 4 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp — 0.8, Qwen3 235B A22B — 0.9.

API Cost

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is 1.2x cheaper: input $0.27/1M vs $0.20/1M tokens.

Context Window

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp supports a larger context: 164K vs 128K tokens.

Recency

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is newer: released 9/28/2025 vs 4/28/2025.

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