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DeepSeek R1 0528 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Close to a tie overall. Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 costs 78% less for the same work.

DeepSeek R1 0528

by DeepSeek · #29 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
160K
Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$2.15

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

by Qwen · #28 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.090
Output / 1M
$0.55

Better overall

About even

Grade 70.6 vs 71.0

Cheaper

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

78% less, $0.20 vs $0.91 blended

Larger context

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

160K vs 256K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 1,421
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: 1,422
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 1,464
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: 1,472
Aider Polyglot% of exercises solved · Aider (aider.chat) · Jul 21, 2025
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 71.4%
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: 57.3%v
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · May 28, 2025 · reference
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 57.6%v
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · Jul 21, 2025 · reference
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 73.3%v
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: 51.8%v

DeepSeek R1 0528Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507v = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

DeepSeek R1 0528$186 /month
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507$40.00 /month

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 saves you $146 a month at this usage, $1,752 a year.

At a glance

AttributeDeepSeek R1 0528Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Made byDeepSeekQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeExcellent · 70.6Excellent · 71.0
Overall rank#29 of 67#28 of 67
Input price$0.50 per 1M$0.090 per 1M
Output price$2.15 per 1M$0.55 per 1M
Context window163,840 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDdeepseek-r1-0528qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "deepseek-r1-0528", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is DeepSeek R1 0528 or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 better?

They grade within two points of each other (70.6 and 71.0), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R1 0528 or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: $0.090 in and $0.55 out per million tokens, against $0.50 and $2.15 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507, with 262,144 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Aider (aider.chat), SWE-bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.