DeepSeek V3 vs Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

DeepSeek V3 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 25 to 19. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek V3's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 90.2 against 39. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 88.5% to 40%. Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V3 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

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Coding

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

42

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

32

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
32%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

36.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
38%
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MuSR
36%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

38

59.1%
GPQA
39%
88.5%
MMLU
40%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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SuperGPQA
37%
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OpenBookQA
35%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

39

39.2%
AIME 2024
42%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
40%
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AIME 2025
41%
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HMMT Feb 2023
36%
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HMMT Feb 2024
38%
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HMMT Feb 2025
37%
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BRUMO 2025
39%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3 is ahead overall, 25 to 19. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 88.5% and 40%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 38. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42 versus 32. Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 39. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 36.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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