# DeepSeek V3 vs Qwen3 235B-A22B

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-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 V3 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 31.95.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 59.1% and 62.9%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 31.95 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 10.9 (Estimated · #118/124)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 68.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 14.7 (Estimated · #133/148)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 35.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 32.2 (Supported · #143/181)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | 62.9% | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 24.9% | 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 V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.6 (#105/128)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | 83.2% | DeepSeek V3 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 39.2% | 40.1% | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
| MATH-500 | 90.2% | 91.2% | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 24.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3 235B-A22B?

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

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V3 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V3 currently has 9 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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- [Qwen3 235B-A22B vs Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)](/compare/qwen3-235b-a22b-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b-reasoning)

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