# DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) vs Qwen3 235B-A22B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) and Qwen3 235B-A22B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-2-thinking-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) and Qwen3 235B-A22B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 2 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.55 / $2.19 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 68.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: 30.4 (Estimated · #93/148)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 5.11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 35.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 93.1% | 24.7% | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 40.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) and Qwen3 235B-A22B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) vs DeepSeek V3.2](/compare/deepseek-v3-2-vs-deepseek-v3-2-thinking)
- [Qwen3 235B-A22B vs DeepSeek V3.2](/compare/deepseek-v3-2-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b)
- [DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) vs Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)](/compare/deepseek-v3-2-thinking-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b-reasoning)
- [Qwen3 235B-A22B vs Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)](/compare/qwen3-235b-a22b-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b-reasoning)

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