# DeepSeek V3 vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.7 Max 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

- Qwen3.7 Max leads overall 63.46 to 32.59.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 26 for DeepSeek V3 and 81.9 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench in Coding, with scores of 37.6% and 91.6%.
- Qwen3.7 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.7 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.7 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 32.59 | 63.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 10.4 (Estimated · #112/119)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #60/119)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 64.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 64.27% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 61.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 18.2 (Estimated · #126/144)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Supported · #54/144)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | 91.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | 80.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 68.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 42.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 76.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #136/171)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #41/171)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | 89.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/16)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 38.2 (#104/125)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 89.2 (#17/125)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | 94.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 81.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V3 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between DeepSeek V3 and Qwen3.7 Max?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 26 for DeepSeek V3 and 81.9 for Qwen3.7 Max.

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

DeepSeek V3 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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