Model comparison
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus vs Qwen1.5-72B
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads 61.0 to 37.3.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 30.8 |
| Released | 2025-09-22 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 164K | — |
| Max output | 147K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.27 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1 | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 42.0 (#113), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1426 | 1165 |
| SciCode | 40.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| ALE-Bench | 745.17 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 26.4 (#133), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1426 | 1148 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.4% | — |
| CritPt | 1.7% | — |
| DTBench | 81.3% | — |
| LMCA | 28.6% | — |
Math DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 38.5 (#137), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1402 | 1164 |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1136 |
Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 52.1 (#92), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1407 | 1135 |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | 1104 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1186 |
| LMArena French | — | 1159 |
| LMArena German | — | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1110 |
Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 74.0 (#106), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1141 |
Long Context DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 43.4 (#97), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1421 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 61.0 (#92), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1419 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1403 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1411 | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus better than Qwen1.5-72B?
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.0 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus and Qwen1.5-72B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.