DeepSeek R1 vs Qwen3 235B A22B

Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against Qwen3 235B A22B by Qwen, in 12 community votes, qwen3 235b a22b wins 82% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 128K vs 33K, tested across 8 shared challenges. Updated March 2026.

Which is better, DeepSeek R1 or Qwen3 235B A22B?

Qwen3 235B A22B is the better choice overall, winning 82% of 12 blind community votes on Rival. Context windows: 128K vs 33K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.

Key Differences Between DeepSeek R1 and Qwen3 235B A22B

DeepSeek R1 is made by deepseek while Qwen3 235B A22B is from qwen. DeepSeek R1 has a 128K token context window compared to Qwen3 235B A22B's 33K. In community voting, In 12 community votes, Qwen3 235B A22B wins 82% of head-to-head duels.

In 12 community votes, Qwen3 235B A22B wins 82% of head-to-head duels. Qwen3 235B A22B leads in Image Generation, Web Design. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 12+ human preference judgments for this pair.

Image Generation: Qwen3 235B A22B wins 83% of votes
Web Design: Qwen3 235B A22B wins 80% of votes
Our Verdict
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Pick Qwen3 235B A22B. In 12 blind votes, Qwen3 235B A22B wins 82% of the time. That's not luck.

Qwen3 235B A22B particularly excels in Image Generation, Web Design.

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