DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Updated October 21, 2026. 0 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
DeepSeek V3 0324 scores 42.0 and Beam 1.0 501B A23B 33.8 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking.
Pick Beam 1.0 501B A23B when output tokens cost 1.1x less, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 164K tokens.
- Shared results
- 0
- DeepSeek V3 0324 only
- 35
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B only
- 28
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
No call
42.0 against 33.8, from different benchmarks with none in common.
Directional only
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 0324 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 9.7.
Directional only
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 Beam 1.0 501B A23B has a Design Arena: websites result, 1253.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Beam 1.0 501B A23B takes 1.05M tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Beam 1.0 501B A23B
DeepSeek V3 0324 $0.0009, Beam 1.0 501B A23B $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V3 0324 42.0 from 1 benchmark, Beam 1.0 501B A23B 33.8 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- No category has a result for both models.
- Widest single gap
- No benchmark has a result for both models.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V3 0324 $1.14 against Beam 1.0 501B A23B $1.00 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V3 0324 takes 164K tokens, Beam 1.0 501B A23B 1.05M.
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.
CodingDirectional onlyFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 42.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1437 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B 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% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| SciCode | 39.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| WeirdML | 36.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1473 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1461 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1443 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1436 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.7 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 0.8 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 47.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| METR time horizons | 49.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 61.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 65.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 67.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| SimpleBench | 27.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1442 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1447 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1451 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | 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 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 41.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 37.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| MATH level 5 | 75.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1459 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1475 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | 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% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1430 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1376 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1433 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1430 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1253 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1222 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index18 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 41.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 40.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| DTBench | 64.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMCA | 15.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 50.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 77.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 0324 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1425 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1430 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1390 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1436 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1413 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1424 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1461 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1412 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1414 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1429 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1400 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1399 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 0324 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | 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
Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V3 0324 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V3 0324 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 | Reflection Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Reflection |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 24, 2025 | October 16, 2026 |
| Context window | 164K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.29 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.14 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | 42.0 | 33.8 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V3 0324 better than Beam 1.0 501B A23B for coding?
DeepSeek V3 0324 scores 42.0 and Beam 1.0 501B A23B 33.8 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking. Pick Beam 1.0 501B A23B when output tokens cost 1.1x less, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 164K tokens.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3 0324 or Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
DeepSeek V3 0324 costs $0.29 per million input tokens and $1.14 per million output tokens; Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs $0.30 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3 0324 or Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
Beam 1.0 501B A23B, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Beam 1.0 501B A23B comparison based on?
0 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V3 0324's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Beam 1.0 501B A23B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.