DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) by DeepSeek or Qwen3.6 35B A3B (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 0731 (Max)
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max): 46.9% less intelligence, 349.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 160.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) | Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 34.3 | 18.2 | −46.9% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 46.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $199.63 | $896.39 | +349.0% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 4.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 18.04s | 47.02s | +160.6% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 160.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.14 / $0.28 | $0.38 / $2.25 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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