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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B vs Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) vs Baichuan M2 32B

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) comes out ahead, 72 to 58 and 58 on our weighted score.

  1. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B

    Released May 29, 2025

    58/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.06 / $0.09
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B
  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)

    Released Oct 15, 2025

    72/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.022 / $0.215
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)

  3. Baichuan

    Baichuan M2 32B

    Released Aug 13, 2025

    58/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.07 / $0.07
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove Baichuan M2 32B
01 — Verdict

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is our pick

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B (58) and Baichuan M2 32B (58). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceDeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8BDeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B $0.068 · Baichuan M2 32B $0.07 · Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) $0.07 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) 262,144 · DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B 131,072 · Baichuan M2 32B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B: Text · Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): Text, Images · Baichuan M2 32B: Text
  • Self-hostingDeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B and Baichuan M2 32BPublishes downloadable weights (MIT and Apache-2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8BQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Baichuan M2 32B
Price50%100100100
Inputs & features30%105010
Context window20%253725
Overall100%58/10072/10058/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B vs Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) vs Baichuan M2 32B specifications side by side
SpecificationDeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8BDeepSeekQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)Alibaba (Qwen)Baichuan M2 32BBaichuan
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions9.3%——
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics43.9%——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.06$0.022 (best)$0.07
Output$0.09$0.215$0.07 (best)
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)$0.068 (best)$0.07$0.07
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 1 providersMedian of 1 providersMedian of 1 providers
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens262,144 tokens (best)131,072 tokens
Max output32,000 tokens32,768 tokens131,072 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoYesNo
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningYesNoYes
Tool callingNoYesNo
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenMITProprietaryOpenApache-2.0
API model ID———
API providers111
ReleasedMay 29, 2025Oct 15, 2025Aug 13, 2025
Knowledge cutoff———
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B$0.78
  • Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)$0.65
  • Baichuan M2 32B$0.84
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) or Baichuan M2 32B?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B (58) and Baichuan M2 32B (58). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) or Baichuan M2 32B?

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B is cheaper at $0.06 input / $0.09 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). Baichuan M2 32B costs $0.07 input / $0.07 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider); Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) costs $0.022 input / $0.215 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.068 per million tokens for DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B versus $0.07 for Baichuan M2 32B (1× as much) and $0.07 for Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) (1× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B has not been scored yet, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has not been scored yet and Baichuan M2 32B has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) and Baichuan M2 32B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B and Baichuan M2 32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 131,072 for DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B and 131,072 for Baichuan M2 32B. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B up to 32,000, Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) up to 32,768, Baichuan M2 32B up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B accepts text; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) accepts text and images; Baichuan M2 32B accepts text. Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B and Baichuan M2 32B publishes its weights (MIT and Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Baichuan M2 32B came out Aug 13, 2025; DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B came out May 29, 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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