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DeepSeek V3.2 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Updated October 21, 2026. 49 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace DeepSeek V3.2 Replace Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek
Coding
54.4
Overall
21.5
Output $/M
$0.42
49
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
50.0
Overall
11.9
Output $/M
$1.00
0
vs boards won of 49 shared

Decision reading

Pick DeepSeek V3.2 for coding: it scores 54.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 50.0 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B.

Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B when the context window is larger, 262K against 164K tokens.

Model ADeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek54.4/1002 independent benchmarks$0.99 per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen50.0/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
49
DeepSeek V3.2 only
26
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
3
Like-for-like categories
8 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.

At a glance

Coding index
DeepSeek V3.2 54.4 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 50.0 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 47.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
AA Math Index: DeepSeek V3.2 92.0 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 39.3, 52.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V3.2 $0.42 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.00 per million output tokens, 2.4x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V3.2 takes 164K tokens, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 262K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryDeepSeek V3.2BarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding90
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning50
Math40
Knowledge50
Web design50
General190
All shared boards490
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index90
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench Verified70.0%69.6%DeepSeek V3.2
SWE-bench Multilingual59.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena WebDev13621275DeepSeek V3.2
AA Coding Index44.2Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)80.7%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)67.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)5.1%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)86.2%58.5%DeepSeek V3.2
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)35.6%18.9%DeepSeek V3.2
Terminal-Bench39.6%27.2%DeepSeek V3.2
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdMLNot measured41.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
ALE-BenchNot measured461.4Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: coding14531412DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: software and IT14491393DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena WebDev: React13501257DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena WebDev: HTML13711287DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index21.511.9DeepSeek V3.2
Epoch Capabilities Index146.1Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom90.6%43.6%DeepSeek V3.2
APEX-Agents21.3%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Vending-Bench 2$1,034Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond80.3%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)84.0%61.8%DeepSeek V3.2
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)24.6%4.5%DeepSeek V3.2
ARC-AGI57.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
ARC-AGI-24.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14341372DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: expert14361338DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14461380DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AIME84.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)86.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
AA Math Index92.039.3DeepSeek V3.2
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)92.0%39.3%DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: math14351365DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: mathematical work14401367DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MMLU Pro84.9%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)76.1%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)55.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)51.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)68.2%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)93.9%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)86.2%78.8%DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: science14461347DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14401347DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: legal and government14251358DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: business and finance14101343DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websites11751159DeepSeek V3.2
Design Arena: UI components11491112DeepSeek V3.2
Design Arena: game dev11321099DeepSeek V3.2
Design Arena: data viz11581084DeepSeek V3.2
Design Arena: 3D1133Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: all code categories11641143DeepSeek V3.2
Design Arena: SVG1032Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1082Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index190
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
IFBench60.7%40.5%DeepSeek V3.2
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)73.3%45.7%DeepSeek V3.2
DTBench85.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMCA28.8%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CL-bench12.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CL-bench Life7.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text14251357DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: instruction following14131355DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: creative writing14001333DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: English14391359DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: non-English14091346DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Chinese14551357DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: German14131325DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Japanese13741311DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Korean13701305DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: French14291398DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Spanish14241360DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Russian14241366DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Polish14191344DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: multi-turn14271366DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: longer queries14281378DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: writing and language14071340DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13951317DeepSeek V3.2
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
Image generation benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
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

DeepSeek V3.2$0.0005Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0008Fits in one request

DeepSeek V3.2 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V3.2$0.015Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.018Fits in one request

DeepSeek V3.2 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V3.2$0.060Exceeds the context window
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.070Fits in one request

DeepSeek V3.2 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.

Specifications of DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationDeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerDeepSeekQwen
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 1, 2025July 23, 2025
Context window164K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.28$0.30
Output $/Mtok$0.42$1.00
Coding index54.450.0
Independent measurements behind it22
Cost per solved task$0.99Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V3.2 better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Pick DeepSeek V3.2 for coding: it scores 54.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 50.0 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B. Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B when the context window is larger, 262K against 164K tokens.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

DeepSeek V3.2 costs $0.28 per million input tokens and $0.42 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V3.2 only.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3.2 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, with 262K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3.2 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

49 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V3.2's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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