DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) 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 (Dec '24)Off the frontier
Intelligence
8.50
Total cost
$25.4
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 (Dec '24)Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.59.9+16.5% Qwen3 VL 235B A22B In… is 16.5% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$25.37Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.78s12.28s−10.9% Qwen3 VL 235B A22B In… is 10.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.32 / $0.89$0.21 / $1.39
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