Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Qwen3 14B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.3

Rank #78 Confirmed

Qwen3 14B Alibaba (Qwen)

35.5

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3 14B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 51.7 to 39.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 87.7% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 64% for Qwen3 14B.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper at $0.26 / $0.38 per million input/output tokens, against $0.35 / $1.40 for Qwen3 14B.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp accepts more context: 164K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Qwen3 14B specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index44.335.5
Released2025-09-292025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K131K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.26$0.35
Output $ / M tokens$0.38$1.40
Results tracked4912

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
SciCode38.9%31.6%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1362—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
WeirdML39.5%—
LMArena Coding1454—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%41%
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
APEX-Agents21.3%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%49.1%
CritPt2.9%0%
Chess Puzzles14%4%
DTBench87.7%64%
LMCA29.1%18.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index146.27138.23
ARC-AGI-24%—
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
Thematic Generalization65%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1434—

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%66.4%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
ProofBench8%—
LMArena Math1435—
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), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
GPQA Diamond83.4%63.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%5.4%
LMArena Expert1436—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), Qwen3 14B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
LMArena Non-English1409—
LMArena Chinese1461—
LMArena French1433—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1374—
LMArena Korean1371—
LMArena Russian1424—
LMArena Spanish1440—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), Qwen3 14B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
LMArena Instruction Following1413—

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%62.5%
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), Qwen3 14B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpQwen3 14B
LMArena Text1425—
LMArena Creative Writing1403—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—
LMArena Multi-Turn1427—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Qwen3 14B?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen3 14B?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper. It lists at $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.38 per million output tokens; Qwen3 14B lists at $0.35 and $1.40.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Qwen3 14B better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 37.3 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 Qwen3 14B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.

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