Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Qwen3 Max

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 30 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro

DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max

Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 22.6.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 91.3% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.66 / $1.98 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Qwen3 Max specifications
	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
Provider	DeepSeek	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	54.3	43.7
Released	2026-04-24	2025-09-23
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	393K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.66	$1.20
Output $ / M tokens	$1.98	$6
Results tracked	48	33

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding	1470	1456
ALE-Bench	1,403	370.45
SWE-bench Verified	77.6%	—
FrontierCode	28.6%	—
LMArena WebDev	1582	—
SciCode	51%	—
WeirdML	66.2%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2	3,285	71.56
APEX-Agents	47.3%	—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark	53.5%	72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)	91.3%	30.1%
Chess Puzzles	47%	4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1461	1448
Mystery Game Puzzles	43%	5%
DTBench	93.9%	82.1%
LMCA	45.5%	28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	155.31	142.38
ARC-AGI-2	61.3%	—
ARC-AGI-1	90.5%	—
CritPt	18%	—
Surface Evolver Bench	40%	—
ForecastBench	56.1	—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	64.6%	18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	98.6%	73.3%
LMArena Math	1455	1446
FrontierMath Tier 4	26.8%	—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	76.6%	—
ProofBench	50%	—
MATH Level 5	—	97.1%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond	91.7%	72.6%
SimpleQA Verified	52.9%	48.7%
LMArena Expert	1464	1455
Vectara Hallucination Rate	8.6%	—

Multilingual Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English	1439	1429
LMArena Chinese	1486	1478
LMArena French	1472	1449
LMArena German	1458	1463
LMArena Japanese	1445	1397
LMArena Korean	1447	1399
LMArena Russian	1453	1428
LMArena Spanish	1458	1462

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following	1448	1419

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query	1458	1438
Fiction.LiveBench	—	66.7%
CL-bench	—	14.5%
CL-bench Life	13.5%	—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text	1451	1439
LMArena Creative Writing	1446	1402
LMArena Multi-Turn	1467	1446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1553	—
EQ-Bench 4	1166	—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Qwen3 Max?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Qwen3 Max?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Qwen3 Max share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.