DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 24.4 to 11.2, and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs 4.3x less per output token ($0.28 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 30 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 for output tokens 4.3x cheaper ($0.28 vs $1.20 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).
- Shared results
- 30
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 only
- 19
- Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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 V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads, 24.4 against 11.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has a AA Agentic Index result, 26.3.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1207.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.0003, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 not benchmarked, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 18.5 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AA Coding Index: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 52.0 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 17.4, 34.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.28 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking $1.20 per million output tokens, 4.3x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 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.
| Category | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Bars | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 17 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 30 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 52.0 | 17.4 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| WeirdML | 45.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 678.2 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1457 | 1392 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1453 | 1393 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1585 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1558 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 24.4 | 11.2 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.1 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 26.3 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 46.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1444 | 1371 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1441 | 1376 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1449 | 1384 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: math | 1426 | 1399 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1432 | 1390 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | 1446 | 1384 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1448 | 1392 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1439 | 1364 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1425 | 1360 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1207 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1162 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1196 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1127 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1188 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1205 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1155 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1109 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index170
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 86.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMCA | 35.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1432 | 1368 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1421 | 1344 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1403 | 1314 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1441 | 1392 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1419 | 1342 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1463 | 1407 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1419 | 1356 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1389 | 1280 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1383 | 1310 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1439 | 1351 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1436 | 1358 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1427 | 1337 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1436 | 1345 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1449 | 1346 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1434 | 1353 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1410 | 1330 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1400 | 1312 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | 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
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 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 V4 Flash 0423 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 24, 2026 | September 11, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.14 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.28 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 better than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 for output tokens 4.3x cheaper ($0.28 vs $1.20 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs $0.15 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking comparison based on?
30 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.