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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Qwen3 235B-A22B

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 comes out ahead, 68 to 51 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    DeepSeek

    DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

    Released Aug 12, 2026

    68/100
    • ECI155.4
    • Price$0.66 / $1.98
    • Context1M
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  2. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3 235B-A22B

    Released Apr 28, 2025

    51/100
    • ECI139.4
    • Price$0.70 / $2.80
    • Context131K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3 235B-A22B

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01 — Verdict

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is our pick

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Qwen3 235B-A22B (51). It leads on capability, price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Capabilities Index (ECI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 155.4 · Qwen3 235B-A22B 139.4
  • Lowest priceDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.99 · Qwen3 235B-A22B $1.23 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 1,000,000 · Qwen3 235B-A22B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: Text · Qwen3 235B-A22B: Text
  • Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Qwen3 235B-A22B
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%8565
Price25%5046
Inputs & features15%4535
Context window10%6024
Overall100%68/10051/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Qwen3 235B-A22B specifications side by side
SpecificationDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeekQwen3 235B-A22BAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)155.4 (best)139.4
ECI rank#26 of 148 (best)#103 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions91.7% (best)70.7%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics64.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics98.6%—
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions52.9%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.66 (best)$0.70
Output$1.98 (best)$2.80
Cached input$0.022—
Blended (3:1)$0.99 (best)$1.23
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial DeepSeek APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens (best)131,072 tokens
Max output384,000 tokens (best)16,384 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYeslow · high · maxYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsOpenMITOpen
API model IDdeepseek-v4-proqwen3-235b-a22b
API providers37 (best)7
ReleasedAug 12, 2026Apr 28, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$10.56
  • Qwen3 235B-A22B$12.60
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Qwen3 235B-A22B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Qwen3 235B-A22B (51). It leads on capability, price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Qwen3 235B-A22B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is cheaper at $0.66 input / $1.98 output per million tokens (official DeepSeek API price). Qwen3 235B-A22B costs $0.70 input / $2.80 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.99 per million tokens for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 versus $1.23 for Qwen3 235B-A22B (1.2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 155.4 (#26 of 148) and Qwen3 235B-A22B 139.4 (#103 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (153.7–157.6 vs 135.2–140.8), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 91.7%, Qwen3 235B-A22B 70.7%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Qwen3 235B-A22B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen3 235B-A22B. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 up to 384,000, Qwen3 235B-A22B up to 16,384 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 accepts text; Qwen3 235B-A22B accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Yes, both publish their weights (MIT), so you can self-host them.

Which is newer?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is the newest, released Aug 12, 2026. Qwen3 235B-A22B came out Apr 28, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3 235B-A22B Apr 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 Oct 4, 2026.

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