DeepSeek R1 0528Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instructv = 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 VL 235B A22B Instruct$75.20 /month
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct saves you $111 a month at this usage, $1,330 a year.
At a glance
Attribute
DeepSeek R1 0528
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Made by
DeepSeek
Qwen
Availability
Coming soon
Coming soon
Overall grade
Excellent · 70.6
Strong · 68.7
Overall rank
#29 of 67
#31 of 67
Input price
$0.50 per 1M
$0.20 per 1M
Output price
$2.15 per 1M
$0.88 per 1M
Context window
163,840 tokens
262,144 tokens
Reasoning levels
No
Yes
Reads images
No
Yes
Model ID
deepseek-r1-0528
qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct
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.
# Ask either model the same thingcurlhttps://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \-H"Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \-d'{"model": "deepseek-r1-0528", "messages": [...]}'# …then swap one word-d'{"model": "qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct", "messages": [...]}'
Questions
Is DeepSeek R1 0528 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct better?
They grade within two points of each other (70.6 and 68.7), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R1 0528 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: $0.20 in and $0.88 out per million tokens, against $0.50 and $2.15 through FullsendAI.
Which has the larger context window?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct, 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.
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.
