Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Max offers 134.3K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking. Qwen3-Max is $0.74 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp (DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking), released by DeepSeek in September 2025, is the experimental preview release of the DeepSeek-V3.2 model featuring 685 billion total parameters and integrated thinking capabilities. It introduced the architecture and training approaches that became the foundation of the final V3.2 release, including thinking in tool-use and hybrid reasoning modes.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3-Max, released by Alibaba in September 2025 as an API preview, is a large language model exceeding one trillion parameters built for complex reasoning and long-context tasks. It features a 262K token context window, hybrid thinking modes that allow switching between direct generation and extended chain-of-thought, and is available as a proprietary cloud API via Alibaba Cloud and Qwen Chat. Qwen3-Max targets demanding reasoning, multilingual analysis, and applications requiring frontier-level performance from the Qwen3 generation.
24 days newer
Qwen3-Max
Alibaba / Qwen
2025-09-05

DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
Qwen3-Max
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
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Qwen3-Max
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
Qwen3-Max
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