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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Gemini 2.0 Flash vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Gemini 2.0 Flash comes out ahead, 56 to 52 and 45 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B

    Released Jan 20, 2025

    45/100
    • ECI—
    • Price—
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B
  2. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 2.0 Flash

    Released Dec 11, 2024

    56/100
    • ECI134.7
    • Price$0.10 / $0.42
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 2.0 Flash

  3. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 30B A3B

    Released Apr 28, 2025

    52/100
    • ECI136.2
    • Price$0.108 / $0.475
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 30B A3B
01 — Verdict

Gemini 2.0 Flash is our pick

Gemini 2.0 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Qwen3 30B A3B (52) and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (45). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 30B A3B wins on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has no Capabilities Index score yet.

  • CapabilityQwen3 30B A3BShared benchmarks: Qwen3 30B A3B 62.2% · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 59.9% · Gemini 2.0 Flash 47.6%
  • Lowest priceGemini 2.0 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash $0.18 · Qwen3 30B A3B $0.20 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B unpriced
  • Longest contextGemini 2.0 FlashGemini 2.0 Flash 1,048,576 · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 131,072 · Qwen3 30B A3B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.0 FlashDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: Text · Gemini 2.0 Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Qwen3 30B A3B: Text
  • Self-hostingDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Qwen3 30B A3BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BGemini 2.0 FlashQwen3 30B A3B
CapabilityShared benchmarks67%604862
Inputs & features20%108035
Context window13%256125
Overall100%45/10056/10052/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. 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-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Gemini 2.0 Flash vs Qwen3 30B A3B specifications side by side
SpecificationDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BDeepSeekGemini 2.0 FlashGoogleQwen3 30B A3BAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—134.7136.2 (best)
ECI rank—#130 of 165#126 of 165 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions64.1% (best)64.1% (best)61.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics55.6%31.1%62.8% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input—$0.10 (best)$0.108
Output—$0.42 (best)$0.475
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)—$0.18 (best)$0.20
Long-context rate—Same rateSame rate
Price source—Median of 1 providersMedian of 14 providers
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)131,072 tokens
Max output32,768 tokens (best)8,192 tokens16,384 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoYesNo
PDFsNoYesNo
AudioNoYesNo
VideoNoYesNo
ReasoningYesNoYes
Tool callingNoYesYes
Structured outputNoNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietaryOpen
API model ID———
API providers—214 (best)
ReleasedJan 20, 2025Dec 11, 2024Apr 28, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Jun 2024—
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-Distill-Qwen-32B—
  • Gemini 2.0 Flash$1.84
  • Qwen3 30B A3B$2.03
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B, Gemini 2.0 Flash or Qwen3 30B A3B?

Gemini 2.0 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Qwen3 30B A3B (52) and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (45). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Qwen3 30B A3B wins on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025), because DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has no Capabilities Index score yet.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B, Gemini 2.0 Flash or Qwen3 30B A3B?

Gemini 2.0 Flash is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.42 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.108 input / $0.475 output per million tokens (median across 14 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.18 per million tokens for Gemini 2.0 Flash versus $0.20 for Qwen3 30B A3B (1.1× as much). DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond and OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025): Qwen3 30B A3B 62.2%, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 59.9% and Gemini 2.0 Flash 47.6%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 64.1%, Gemini 2.0 Flash 64.1%, Qwen3 30B A3B 61.7%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3 30B A3B 62.8%, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 55.6%, Gemini 2.0 Flash 31.1%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B, Gemini 2.0 Flash and Qwen3 30B A3B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3 30B A3B leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Note that DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.0 Flash has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 131,072 for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and 131,072 for Qwen3 30B A3B. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B up to 32,768, Gemini 2.0 Flash up to 8,192, Qwen3 30B A3B up to 16,384 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B accepts text; Gemini 2.0 Flash accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Qwen3 30B A3B accepts text. Gemini 2.0 Flash handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Qwen3 30B A3B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.0 Flash is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen3 30B A3B is the newest, released Apr 28, 2025. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B came out Jan 20, 2025; Gemini 2.0 Flash came out Dec 11, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.0 Flash Jun 2024.

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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