Updated Dec 1, 2025

Our Verdict

DeepSeek V3.2Winner

Qwen3 Coder PlusRunner-up

Votes are tied. DeepSeek V3.2 is newer and likely incorporates more recent improvements.

DeepSeek V3.2 is 12x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.

Too close to call

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity

100%

Qwen3 Coder Plus uses 14.8x more emoji

DeepSeek V3.2

Qwen3 Coder Plus

52%Vocabulary65%

31wSentence Length54w

0.58Hedging0.74

6.3Bold3.6

5.4Lists6.0

0.00Emoji0.15

0.80Headings1.72

0.13Transitions0.16

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DeepSeek V3.2

Qwen3 Coder Plus

279 AI models invented the same fake scientist.

We read every word. 250 models. 2.14 million words. This is what we found.

AI Hallucination Index 2026

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Why DeepSeek V3.2?

9.3x cheaper overall$0.28/M in · $0.42/M out

Leads 1 of 1 benchmarks

Stronger on SWE-bench Verified73.1% vs 69.6%

3 months newerDec 2025

Why Qwen3 Coder Plus?

Dead even. This one's a coin flip.

DeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder Plus

Input price

$0.28/M

$1.00/M

Output price

$0.42/M

$5.00/M

Context

131K

128K

Released

Dec 2025

Sep 2025

Benchmarks1 common

SWE-bench Verified

73.1%+4.8%

69.6%

Favorites

DeepSeek V3.2Qwen3 Coder Plus

Movie

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Album

Kind of Blue

OK Computer

Book

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Douglas R. Hofstadter

The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

City

Kyoto

Tokyo

Game

Tetris (1984)

Tetris (1984)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Adventure, Action4.4

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01

Estimate Complexityreasoning

Tests an AI's ability to make educated estimates based on technical knowledge

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025text

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025text

I'll estimate the FLOPs required to train GPT-3 by breaking this down into key components.

Key Parameters of GPT-3

Parameters: ~175 billion (1.75 × 10¹¹)
Training tokens: ~300 billion (3 × 10¹¹)
Context window: 2048 tokens

Step-by-Step Calculation

1. FLOPs per token forward pass

For a transformer model, the forward pass FLOPs are dominated by:

Matrix multiplications in attention and MLP layers
Roughly 2× the number of parameters for a forward pass
Forward pass FLOPs ≈ 2 × 175 billion = 350 billion FLOPs per token

2. FLOPs per token backward pass

Backward pass typically requires 2-3× more FLOPs than forward pass
Let's use 3×: 3 × 350 billion = 1.05 trillion FLOPs per token

3. Total FLOPs per token (forward + backward)

350 billion + 1.05 trillion = 1.4 trillion FLOPs per token

4. Accounting for multiple training epochs

GPT-3 was trained on ~300 billion tokens
This represents roughly 1-2 epochs over the training dataset
Let's assume ~1.5 epochs effective training

5. Total training FLOPs

1.4 trillion FLOPs/token × 300 billion tokens × 1.5 epochs
= 1.4 × 10¹² × 3 × 10¹¹ × 1.5
= 6.3 × 10²³ FLOPs
≈ 630 exaFLOPs or 0.63 zettaFLOPs

Additional Considerations

Attention overhead: Multi-head attention adds complexity, but much is already captured in parameter count
Optimizer costs: Adam optimizer requires additional FLOPs, roughly doubling the compute
Infrastructure overhead: Data loading, communication, etc.

Refined Estimate

Including optimizer overhead and other factors, I estimate: 1000-2000 exaFLOPs (1-2 zettaFLOPs) for training GPT-3

This aligns with published estimates that place GPT-3 training around 3.14 × 10²³ FLOPs, suggesting my reasoning is in the right ballpark.

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02

AI Board Game Logicreasoning

Tests an AI's ability to understand game rules and strategy

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025svg

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Qwen · Sep 2025svg

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03

Logic Puzzlereasoning

Tests an AI's ability to solve a simple but potentially confusing logic puzzle

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025text

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025text

I need to figure out how many sisters Sally has.

Let me break this down step by step:

Sally has 3 brothers
Each brother has 2 sisters

Since Sally is one of the girls in the family, and each brother has 2 sisters, this means there are 2 sisters total that the brothers count.

One of those sisters is Sally herself, so there must be 1 additional sister.

Therefore, Sally has 1 sister.

To verify: Sally + 1 sister = 2 sisters total, and each of the 3 brothers correctly has 2 sisters (Sally and her sister).

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04

Math Misconception Testreasoning

Tests an AI's understanding of number representation

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025text

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025text

No, 9.11 is not greater than 9.9.

To compare these numbers, I can look at them digit by digit:

Both numbers have 9 in the ones place
In the tenths place: 9.11 has 1, while 9.9 has 9
Since 1 < 9, we can conclude that 9.11 < 9.9

Another way to see this is to write 9.9 as 9.90:

9.11 vs 9.90
Clearly 9.11 < 9.90

Therefore, 9.9 is greater than 9.11.

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05

Stochastic Consistency Testanalysis

Tests an AI's randomness and creativity

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025text

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025text

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06

SVG Layout Challengeimage generation

Tests an AI's ability to generate vector graphics

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025svg

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025svg

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07

Xbox Controller SVG Artimage generation

Tests an AI's ability to create detailed SVG illustrations of gaming hardware

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025svg

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025svg

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08

Generate a Stand-Up Routineconversation

Tests an AI's humor and creative writing ability

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025text

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025text

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09

Realistic AI Interviewconversation

Tests an AI's ability to simulate personalities and predict future trends

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025text

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025text

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10

Satirical Fake News Headlineconversation

Tests an AI's humor and understanding of current events

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025text

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025text

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11

Character Voice Testconversation

Tests an AI's ability to write in distinct character voices

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025text

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Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen · Sep 2025text

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12

Minimalist Landing Pageweb design

Tests an AI's ability to generate a complete, working landing page

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

Deepseek · Dec 2025website

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Qwen · Sep 2025website

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