Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 offers 124.9K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-R1. DeepSeek-R1 is $0.56 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 Thinking was developed as a reasoning-enhanced variant, designed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the large-scale Qwen3 architecture. Built to combine deliberate analytical processing with mixture-of-experts efficiency, it serves tasks requiring both deep reasoning and computational practicality.
6 months newer

DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-07-25
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-R1

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

DeepSeek-R1
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Fireworks
Together
ZeroEval

DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

DeepSeek-R1

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
Novita