DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) vs Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) by DeepSeek or Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max)
Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max): 11.6% less intelligence, 666.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 9.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) | Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 24.2 | 21.4 | −11.6% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 11.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $149.48 | $1,145.36 | +666.2% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 7.7× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 102.23s | 111.40s | +9.0% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 9.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.11 / $0.23 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
- Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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