Is DeepSeek V3 (Turbo) or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B cheaper?

DeepSeek V3 (Turbo) is cheaper on output tokens ($1.30 vs $3.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V3 (Turbo) or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B?

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

DeepSeek V3 (Turbo) vs Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

DeepSeek V3 (Turbo) is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B offers a larger context window. Choose DeepSeek V3 (Turbo) or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	DeepSeek V3 (Turbo)	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Provider	NovitaAI	NovitaAI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.40	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$1.30	$3.60
Context window	64K	262K
Parameters	—	397B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Mar 2025	Feb 2026

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