Is DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking cheaper?

DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking have comparable output pricing.

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking?

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking has the larger context window (256K tokens).

DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking

Both have similar output pricing, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking offers a larger context window. Choose DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	DeepSeek-R1	Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking
Provider	iFlow	iFlow
Input / 1M tokens	$0.00	$0.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.00	$0.00
Context window	128K	256K
Parameters	671B	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jan 2025	Jul 2025

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