Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-R1 offers 114.7K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is $1.79 cheaper per million tokens. DeepSeek-R1 is available on 5 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 was developed as a reasoning-focused language model, designed to combine chain-of-thought reasoning with reinforcement learning techniques. Built to excel at complex problem-solving through trial-and-error learning and deliberate analytical processes, it demonstrates the power of efficient training methods in open-source model development.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of Qwen3 235B, designed to follow user instructions while leveraging the model's large-scale architecture. Built to provide advanced instruction-following with efficient mixture-of-experts design, it serves applications requiring both capability and practical deployment.
6 months newer

DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-07-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-R1
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Fireworks
Together
ZeroEval

DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Novita