DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale vs Qwen3 Max
DeepSeek vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale has the higher intelligence index (89.9 vs 79.5)
- •DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is cheaper ($0.29 vs $0.78 per 1M input)
- •Qwen3 Max has a larger context window (262K)
| DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 89.9 | 79.5 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 163,840 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.29 / 1M | $0.78 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.43 / 1M | $3.90 / 1M |
| Speed | — | 45 tok/s |
| Released | December 1, 2025 | September 23, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
Qwen3 Max
AIME 2025
96.7
80.7
GPQA Diamond
87.1
76.4
Humanity’s Last Exam
26.1
11.1
LiveCodeBench
89.6
76.7
MMLU-Pro
86.3
84.1