Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale vs Qwen3.5 Plus

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale

DeepSeek

39.1

Rank #159 Reported

Qwen3.5 Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

42.3

Rank #103 Confirmed

Summary

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is cheaper at $0.58 / $1.68 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Qwen3.5 Plus specifications
	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Qwen3.5 Plus
Provider	DeepSeek	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	39.1	42.3
Released	2025-12-01	2026-02-16
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	128K	1M
Max output	128K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.58	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$1.68	$2.40
Results tracked	3	15

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 39.9 (#136), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Qwen3.5 Plus
WeirdML	46.7%	—
ALE-Bench	—	621.92

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Qwen3.5 Plus
Vending-Bench 2	—	0.54

Reasoning Too close to call

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 32.1 (#65), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.0 (#67)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Qwen3.5 Plus
SimpleBench	52.6%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	22%
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	17%
DTBench	—	80.5%
LMCA	—	36.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	146.79

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: 47.9 (#55)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Qwen3.5 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	86.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	21%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	2.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Qwen3.5 Plus
GPQA Diamond	—	84.8%
SimpleQA Verified	—	25.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	10.7%

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: 42.9 (#109)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Qwen3.5 Plus
CL-bench	—	19.8%
CL-bench Life	—	12.4%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 46.1 (#217), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale	Qwen3.5 Plus
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1276	—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale or Qwen3.5 Plus?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is cheaper. It lists at $0.58 per million input tokens and $1.68 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus lists at $0.40 and $2.40.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.