Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.1 leads with 25.9% higher average benchmark score. DeepSeek-V3.1 is available on 2 providers. Overall, DeepSeek-V3.1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.1 was developed as an incremental advancement over DeepSeek-V3, designed to refine the mixture-of-experts architecture with improved training techniques. Built to enhance quality and efficiency while maintaining the open-source philosophy, it represents continued iteration on DeepSeek's flagship model line.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
5 months newer

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

DeepSeek-V3.1
DeepSeek
2025-01-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3.1

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V3.1
DeepInfra
Novita

Qwen2 72B Instruct

DeepSeek-V3.1

Qwen2 72B Instruct

DeepSeek-V3.1

Qwen2 72B Instruct