DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Qwen3.6 Max
DeepSeek vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.6 Max has the higher intelligence index (88.8 vs 68.4)
- •DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is cheaper ($0.12 vs $1.04 per 1M input)
- •DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is faster
- •Qwen3.6 Max has a larger context window (262K)
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | Qwen3.6 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 68.4 | 88.8 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.12 / 1M | $1.04 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.18 / 1M | $6.24 / 1M |
| Speed | 37 tok/s | 36 tok/s |
| Released | January 20, 2025 | April 27, 2026 |
| Parameters | 32800000000 | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Qwen3.6 Max
GPQA Diamond
62.1
88.8
Humanity’s Last Exam
5.5
28.9