DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale by DeepSeek against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 131K vs 262K, tested across 50 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
DeepSeek V3.2 SpecialeRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is 8.6x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
Input
$0.28
2.1× cheaper
Output
$0.42
8.6× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
Output
$3.60
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is cheaper on both — 2.1× input, 8.6× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
48%
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale uses 2.5x more hedging
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
45%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length14w
0.97Hedging0.39
3.2Bold6.9
3.5Lists4.2
0.11Emoji0.23
0.42Headings0.93
0.28Transitions0.17
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Research
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