DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

DeepSeekDeepSeek V3 0324On the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
9.70
Total cost
$19.4
AlibabaQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.90
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricDeepSeek V3 0324Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.79.9+2.1% Qwen3 VL 235B A22B In… is 2.1% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$19.42Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)4.44s11.98s+169.8% Qwen3 VL 235B A22B In… is 169.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.24 / $0.90$0.21 / $1.39
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