Model comparison
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 41.7 to 18.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 55.6% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and 91.1% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.5 | 51.5 |
| Released | 2025-01-20 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 36.1 (#212), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 33.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1471 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 28.1 (#94), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 19.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 18.2 (#284), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | 20% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 137.44 | 149.24 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 52.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1457 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 45.4% | — |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| LiveBench | 45.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 34.5 (#194), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 55.6% | 91.1% |
| LiveBench Math | 59.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.7 (#182), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1478 |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 61.6 (#243), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.7% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1438 |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 49.6 (#188), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1456 |
| LiveBench Language | 26.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.