# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Qwen3 32B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Qwen3 32B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-qwen3-32b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek-R1-0528 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 32B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- DeepSeek-R1-0528 leads overall 60 to 57.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 87.5% and 20.2%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen3 32B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 63.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 31.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | 85.7% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 81% | 54.6% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | 31% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | 20.2% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek-R1-0528 or Qwen3 32B?

DeepSeek-R1-0528 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek-R1-0528 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek-R1-0528 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3 32B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 32B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-deepseek-r1-0528)
- [Qwen3 32B vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-qwen3-32b)
- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Qwen3 32B (Reasoning)](/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-qwen3-32b-reasoning)
- [Qwen3 32B vs Qwen3 32B (Reasoning)](/compare/qwen3-32b-vs-qwen3-32b-reasoning)

## Explore More

- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 profile](/models/deepseek-r1-0528)
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