Model comparison

DeepSeek LLM 67B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek LLM 67B DeepSeek

24.9

Rank #347 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek LLM 67B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.8% for DeepSeek LLM 67B and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
  • DeepSeek LLM 67B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

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DeepSeek LLM 67B and Qwen3.6 Plus specifications
DeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.947.5
Released2023-11-292026-03-31
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked1537

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 31.9 (#278), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Coding10961467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
SciCode—40.7%
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek LLM 67B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 16.5 (#304), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
Chess Puzzles0%17%
LMArena Hard Prompts10701449
Epoch Capabilities Index110.5147.65
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
CritPt—2.9%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—81.9%
LMCA—33.1%

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 8.7 (#324), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.8%93.3%
LMArena Math11081450
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—38.2%
MATH Level 56.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 7.0 (#313), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond24.6%88.4%
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%
LMArena Expert—1454

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 29.4 (#267), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English10731424
LMArena Chinese11321477
LMArena French—1455
LMArena German—1452
LMArena Japanese—1389
LMArena Korean—1379
LMArena Russian—1434
LMArena Spanish—1432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 55.4 (#277), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following10791425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 33.1 (#265), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query10921439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

DeepSeek LLM 67B: 31.6 (#282), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 67BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text11051437
LMArena Creative Writing10671404
LMArena Multi-Turn10821438

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek LLM 67B better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek LLM 67B or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek LLM 67B and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek LLM 67B has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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