DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 by DeepSeek against Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 42 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Qwen3 Max Thinking
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is 21x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Input
$0.14
8.6× cheaper
Output
$0.28
21× cheaper
Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
Output
$6.00
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is cheaper on both — 8.6× input, 21× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 137.1x more emoji
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Qwen3 Max Thinking
52%Vocabulary61%
18wSentence Length15w
0.38Hedging0.23
5.7Bold5.2
3.4Lists3.9
0.00Emoji1.37
0.83Headings1.22
0.04Transitions0.04
Based on 23 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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