DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Qwen3 30B A3B
DeepSeek V3 0324 leads Qwen3 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.7 to 7.6, and Qwen3 30B A3B costs 2.1x less per output token ($0.50 vs $1.07 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 18 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen3 30B A3B: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V3 0324 for a larger context window (164K against 41K tokens) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 18
- DeepSeek V3 0324 only
- 17
- Qwen3 30B A3B only
- 34
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V3 0324
DeepSeek V3 0324 leads, 9.7 against 7.6.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 0324 has a AA Agentic Index result, 0.8.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 0324 has a GPQA Diamond result, 61.6%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 0324 has a AIME result, 52.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 0324 has a MMLU Pro result, 79.5%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3 30B A3B has a Design Arena: websites result, 954.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V3 0324
DeepSeek V3 0324 takes 164K tokens against 41K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B
DeepSeek V3 0324 $0.0008, Qwen3 30B A3B $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V3 0324 not benchmarked, Qwen3 30B A3B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 29.2 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Long context reasoning (AA-LCR): DeepSeek V3 0324 40.7% against Qwen3 30B A3B 0.0%, 40.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V3 0324 $1.07 against Qwen3 30B A3B $0.50 per million output tokens, 2.1x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V3 0324 takes 164K tokens, Qwen3 30B A3B 41K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Bars | Qwen3 30B A3B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 1 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 4 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 11 | 7 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index21
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 42.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 21.2 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 65.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 40.5% | 50.6% | Qwen3 30B A3B |
| SciCode | 39.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.2% | 6.8% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| WeirdML | 36.1% | 29.8% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1337 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1340 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.7 | 7.6 | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 137.3 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 0.8 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 47.1% | 26.0% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| METR time horizons | 49.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 61.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 65.5% | 61.6% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.7% | 6.2% | Qwen3 30B A3B |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 67.6% | 61.7% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| SimpleBench | 27.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1314 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1314 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1329 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 52.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 88.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 91.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| AA Math Index | 41.0 | 72.3 | Qwen3 30B A3B |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 41.0% | 72.3% | Qwen3 30B A3B |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 37.8% | 62.8% | Qwen3 30B A3B |
| MATH level 5 | 75.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1355 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1363 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 77.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 54.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 82.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 81.9% | 77.7% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1321 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1318 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1314 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1309 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 954 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 943 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 898 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 967 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 941 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 41.0% | 41.5% | Qwen3 30B A3B |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 40.7% | 0.0% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| DTBench | 64.8% | 60.3% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| LMCA | 15.5% | 15.8% | Qwen3 30B A3B |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 50.0% | 40.6% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 77.0% | 75.3% | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1317 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1283 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1271 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1335 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1295 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1347 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1307 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1254 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1352 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1317 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1291 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1299 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1307 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1312 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1290 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Qwen3 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 24, 2025 | April 28, 2025 |
| Context window | 164K | 41K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.27 | $0.12 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.07 | $0.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V3 0324 better than Qwen3 30B A3B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V3 0324 for a larger context window (164K against 41K tokens) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen3 30B A3B?
DeepSeek V3 0324 costs $0.27 per million input tokens and $1.07 per million output tokens; Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.12 and $0.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen3 30B A3B?
DeepSeek V3 0324, with 164K tokens against 41K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Qwen3 30B A3B comparison based on?
18 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V3 0324's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 30B A3B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.