DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek or Qwen3.5 397B A17B (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 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning)
Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning): 9.8% less intelligence, 108.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 860.1% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) | Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 20.4 | 18.4 | −9.8% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 9.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $450.76 | $940.97 | +108.8% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 2.1× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.74s | 64.71s | +860.1% Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Re… is 860.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.32 / $3.96 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- Qwen3.5 397B A17B (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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