Data points: 137
The readout for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3.5, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Decision read
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek V3.2 currently has the stronger profile, with verified wins split 4 to 2.
Evidence depth
137 data points
Includes 33 benchmark rows, 1 audit samples, and 8 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with DeepSeek V3.2
The charts below split 42 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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Model compare DeepSeek V3.2 vs Qwen3.5deepseek-v3-2-vs-qwen3-5 | Model A DeepSeek V3.2 | Model B Qwen3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Verified metric wins | 4 wins | 2 wins |
| Where it leads | Cheapest input price, First-token latency, Provider coverage, Recent tests |
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
DeepSeek V3.2
54.3
Avg. score
Qwen3.5
67.7
Selected category
Instruction following
Qwen3.5 leads by 23.1
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
DeepSeek V3.2
56.0
Rank #37/82 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner62.0
Rank #33/82 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
winner$0.420/M
Rank #12/95 · confidence 4
Qwen3.5
$3.60/M
Rank #53/95 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3.2
winner$0.315/M
Rank #19/95 · confidence 4
Qwen3.5
$1.35/M
Rank #51/95 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3.2
winner$0.280/M
Rank #25/95 · confidence 4
Qwen3.5
$0.600/M
Rank #45/95 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3.2
83.7%
Rank #24/74 · confidence 4
Qwen3.5
winner87.8%
Rank #5/74 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
75.1%
Rank #57/103 · confidence 4
Qwen3.5
winner89.3%
Rank #14/103 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3.2
10.5%
Rank #54/103 · confidence 4
Qwen3.5
winner27.3%
Rank #22/103 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3.2
47.4
Rank #41/58 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner57.4
Rank #30/58 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
0.9
Rank #36/44 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
0.9
Rank #36/44 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
39.0
Rank #49/57 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner58.0
Rank #37/57 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
winner60.9
Rank #4/10 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
58.9
Rank #6/10 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-04
DeepSeek V3.2
32.6
Rank #32/59 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner35.6
Rank #26/59 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
34.6
Rank #36/61 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner37.4
Rank #28/61 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
38.7
Rank #41/63 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner41.1
Rank #32/63 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
56.7
Rank #40/70 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner66.6
Rank #35/70 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
38.7%
Rank #53/101 · confidence 4
Qwen3.5
winner42.0%
Rank #37/101 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3.2
66.0
Rank #26/51 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner68.2
Rank #23/51 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
winner93.5
Rank #1/58 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
79.8
Rank #25/58 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
75.1
Rank #43/63 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner86.1
Rank #21/63 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
61.8
Rank #34/67 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner71.1
Rank #24/67 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
10.5
Rank #41/63 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner18.8
Rank #31/63 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
24.7
Rank #41/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner32.0
Rank #34/66 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
24.2
Rank #41/58 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner24.3
Rank #40/58 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
67.0
Rank #21/51 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner71.8
Rank #16/51 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
51.0
Rank #43/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner65.1
Rank #25/60 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
61.7
Rank #37/58 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner84.8
Rank #12/58 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
49.0
Rank #35/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner51.6
Rank #34/60 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
18.5
Rank #4/6 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner43.7
Rank #2/6 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
40.2
Rank #21/21 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner56.8
Rank #14/21 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
29.6
Rank #35/36 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner46.8
Rank #21/36 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
39.8
Rank #36/57 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner53.3
Rank #26/57 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
78.9
Rank #34/58 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner83.9
Rank #26/58 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
DeepSeek V3.2
49.8
Rank #39/69 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-12-01
Qwen3.5
winner54.0
Rank #33/69 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-16
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | DeepSeek V3.2 | Qwen3.5 |
|---|---|---|
Winner: DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek V3.2 deepseek-v3.2 Audit score 92 100 |
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | DeepSeek V3.2 | Qwen3.5 |
|---|---|---|
200 tests | DeepSeek V3.2 speed / latency 18 tok/s / 4488ms input / output No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek V3.2 and Qwen3.5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Guidance | DeepSeek V3.2 | Qwen3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| When to choose each model | DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek V3.2 is stronger when you prioritize Cheapest input price, First-token latency, Provider coverage, Recent tests. | Qwen3.5 Qwen3.5 is stronger when you prioritize Average speed, Free providers. |
TL;DR: DeepSeek V3.2 leads across 137 verifiable data points, including pricing, speed, latency, benchmarks, and provider examples.
Continue from DeepSeek V3.2 vs Qwen3.5 into nearby model comparisons with enough verified LMSpeed data.
| Average speed, Free providers |
| Model metadata | DeepSeek V3.2 exposes 131.1K tokens; notable signals: Text input, Text output, Tool calling, Structured outputs. | Qwen3.5 exposes 262.1K tokens; notable signals: Text input, Image input, Text output, Tool calling. |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | DeepSeek | No data |
| Context window | 131.1K tokens | 262.1K tokens |
| Max output | 64K tokens | 262.1K tokens |
| Released | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input TextImagevideo Output Text |
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
| Parameters | No data | 9B |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek | Qwen3 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | qwen/qwen3.5-9b |
| References | No data | No data |
Qwen3.5 qwen3.5-2b No audit yet |
Qwen3.5
speed / latency
37 tok/s / 8257ms
input / output
No data
SiliconFlow161 tests | DeepSeek V3.2 speed / latency 26 tok/s / 11125ms input / output No data | Qwen3.5 speed / latency 66 tok/s / 22905ms input / output No data |
|---|
阿里云百炼 DashScope60 tests | DeepSeek V3.2 speed / latency 27 tok/s / 1295ms input / output No data | Qwen3.5 speed / latency 40 tok/s / 21867ms input / output No data |
|---|
6345ywz API45 tests | DeepSeek V3.2 speed / latency 235 tok/s / 1787ms input / output No data | Qwen3.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
|---|
N1N15 tests | DeepSeek V3.2 speed / latency 37 tok/s / 1522ms input / output No data | Qwen3.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
|---|
DeepSeek V3.2 deepseek-ai/deepseek-v3.2 speed / latency No data input / output $40.00/M / $400.00/M | Qwen3.5 qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b speed / latency No data input / output $0/M / $0/M |
DeepSeek V3.2 deepseek-ai/deepseek-v3.2 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M / $0/M | Qwen3.5 Qwen3.5-397B-A17B-fast speed / latency No data input / output $75.00/M / $75.00/M |
DeepSeek V3.2 Deepseek-V3.2 speed / latency No data input / output $1.71/M / $1.71/M | Qwen3.5 英伟达/qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b speed / latency No data input / output $0/M / $0/M |
Rankings are based on community-submitted tests and periodic health probes. Advisory only, not official data.
