# DeepSeek V3 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus 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

- Qwen3.6 Plus leads overall 53.8 to 31.86.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 25.5 for DeepSeek V3 and 73.9 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 42% and 78.8%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 31.86 | 53.8 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 10.7 (Estimated · #124/130)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 34.5 (Supported · #85/130)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 14.7 (Estimated · #136/151)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40 (Supported · #67/151)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 37.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 25.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 48.7% | 62% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 76.1 (#21/55)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 31.9 (Supported · #149/186)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 53.4 (Supported · #68/186)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | 90.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | 88.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SimpleQA | 24.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.6 (#117/148)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#47/148)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | 94.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 39.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.246% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between DeepSeek V3 and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 25.5 for DeepSeek V3 and 73.9 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

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

DeepSeek V3 currently has 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 49 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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