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DeepSeek V3vsQwen3-Max
Qwen3-Max leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Qwen3-Max has the larger context window (262K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 3
Qwen3-Max leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3-Max
262K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
DeepSeek · Qwen
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek · released 2024-12-26
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- Context
- 128K
- Max out
- 8K
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 8 · 7 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 4 only DeepSeek V3 · 2 only Qwen3-Max| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3-Max | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% ↗ | 69.6% ↗ | -27.6 pt | Qwen3-Max |
| GPQA Diamond | 59.1% ↗ | 72.6% ↗epoch | -13.5 pt | Qwen3-Max |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 15.8% ↗epoch | 73.3% ↗epoch | -57.5 pt | Qwen3-Max |
| Only DeepSeek V3 reports · 4 | ||||
| MMLU | 88.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 25% ↗matharena | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1332.4 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3-Max reports · 2 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 18.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 48.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek V3 minus Qwen3-Max in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3-Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 262K tokens | Qwen3-Max |
| Max output | 8K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | — | $1.2 ↗ | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | $6 ↗ | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.12 ↗ | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | $7.2 | — |
| Modalities | text | text | Tie |
| Released | 2024-12-26 | 2025-09-23 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 8 | 5 | — |
Reliability
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