Across 23 shared benchmarks, DeepSeek-V3 scores higher on 4 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning on 18, with 1 level. The widest gap is HMMT 2025, where Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning scores 77.4 against 27.5. DeepSeek-V3 is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.27 against $0.40 per million input tokens).
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, alibaba-official), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.