DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Qwen3 235B A22B
Wins 1 of 4 areas
Long documents
Wins 3 of 4 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Following instructions
Qwen3 235B A22B is the stronger all-rounder.DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B is cheaper and better at long documents.
Scores updated · 12 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the four areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking02Qwen3 235B A22B2 of 2 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software01Qwen3 235B A22B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3 235B A22B1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B1 of 1 test
Coding, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B costs 83% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3 235B A22B pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+15.8points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+8.5points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+6.4points ahead
Where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 12 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
ReasoningQwen3 235B A22B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 235B A22B by 8.561.570+8.5
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3 235B A22B by 6.44.611+6.4
Long documentsDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B
- AA-LCRDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B by 8.78.70+8.7
Following instructionsQwen3 235B A22B
- IFBenchQwen3 235B A22B by 15.822.938.7+15.8
Other results7 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- HMMT Feb. 2025Qwen3 235B A22B by 29.233.362.5+29.2
- AIME 2025Qwen3 235B A22B by 21.56081.5+21.5
- LiveCodeBenchQwen3 235B A22B by 13.557.270.7+13.5
- AIME 2024Qwen3 235B A22B by 13.172.685.7+13.1
- MATH-500 (EM)DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B by 3.194.391.2+3.1
- AA IntelligenceQwen3 235B A22B by 1.18.49.5+1.1
- BBHtie88.388.9tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or Qwen3 235B A22B?
Qwen3 235B A22B wins three of the four areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and following instructions. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B wins long documents, and costs 83% less.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3 235B A22B. It wins the one coding test both models report.
Which is cheaper?
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B costs $0.29 per million input tokens and $0.29 per million output tokens; Qwen3 235B A22B costs $0.70 and $2.80. That makes DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B about 83% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 12 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 5 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 7 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.