Model comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 51.7 to 27.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 87.8% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 8.1% for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper at $0.26 / $0.38 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $5.60 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp accepts more context: 164K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.3 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2025-09-29 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 164K | 131K |
| Max output | 66K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.26 | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.38 | $5.60 |
| Results tracked | 49 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 33.2 (#260)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 39.5% | 16% |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1292 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 70% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 74.2% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1362 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 59% | — |
| SciCode | 38.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 42.9% | 5.7% |
| Terminal-Bench | 39.6% | — |
| APEX-Agents | 21.3% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 56.7% | — |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 1,034 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1434 | 1271 |
| DTBench | 87.7% | 62.9% |
| LMCA | 29.1% | 13.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.27 | 129 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 36.7% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 57% | — |
| CritPt | 2.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 65% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 19.3 (#287)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 87.8% | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1435 | 1283 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 57.7% | — |
| ProofBench | 8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 22.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.7 (#66), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 27.0 (#253)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.4% | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1436 | 1245 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1409 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 1272 |
| LMArena French | 1433 | 1280 |
| LMArena German | 1440 | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1374 | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | 1264 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1256 |
Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.5 (#221)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1413 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |
Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#188)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1282 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 83.3% | — |
| CL-bench | 13.2% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 9.5% | — |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.7 (#215)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1425 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1403 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1272 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1515 | — |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper. It lists at $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.38 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 72B Instruct lists at $1.40 and $5.60.
Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp does, with 164K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.