# DeepSeek V3 vs QwQ-32B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and QwQ-32B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick QwQ-32B 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

- QwQ-32B leads overall 62 to 31.78.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2024 in Mathematics, with scores of 39.2% and 79.5%.
- QwQ-32B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | QwQ-32B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 31.78 | 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 (Estimated · #118/124)
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 15.1 (Estimated · #134/149)
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 32.3 (Supported · #143/181)
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | 65.6% | QwQ-32B |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 24.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 80.9% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.6 (#105/128)
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | 83.9% | DeepSeek V3 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 39.2% | 79.5% | QwQ-32B |
| MATH-500 | 90.2% | 98% | QwQ-32B |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 69.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V3 or QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B 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 QwQ-32B cover on BenchLM?

QwQ-32B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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## Explore More

- [DeepSeek V3 profile](/models/deepseek-v3)
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