Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale vs Qwen3-4B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale DeepSeek

39.7

Rank #162 Reported

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.9

Rank #264 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads 32.9 to 19.2.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Qwen3-4B specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeQwen3-4B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.731.9
Released2025-12-012025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.58—
Output $ / M tokens$1.68—
Results tracked36

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 40.4 (#140), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeQwen3-4B
WeirdML46.7%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeQwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 32.9 (#73), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeQwen3-4B
SimpleBench52.6%—
Chess Puzzles—4%

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeQwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—52.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeQwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond—52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 46.0 (#222), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeQwen3-4B
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1276—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale better than Qwen3-4B?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Qwen3-4B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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