Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 leads with 4.2% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Zero was introduced as an experimental variant trained with minimal human supervision, designed to develop reasoning patterns through self-guided reinforcement learning. Built to explore how models can discover analytical strategies independently, it represents research into autonomous reasoning capability 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.
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DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-07-22
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Zero

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

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Novita

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507