# DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen3 235B-A22B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3 235B-A22B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3 235B-A22B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek-R1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3 235B-A22B leads overall 61 to 41.37.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2024 in Mathematics, with scores of 79.8% and 40.1%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1 | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 41.37 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.55 / $2.19 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 68.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 49.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 35.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 64.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 41.4 (Supported · #109/181)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 71.5% | 62.9% | DeepSeek-R1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 84% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 30.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 45.9 (#92/128)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 83.3% | 83.2% | DeepSeek-R1 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 79.8% | 40.1% | DeepSeek-R1 |
| MATH-500 | 97.3% | 91.2% | DeepSeek-R1 |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 24.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3 235B-A22B?

Qwen3 235B-A22B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

DeepSeek-R1 currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3 235B-A22B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 235B-A22B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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