DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 by DeepSeek against Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 42 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is 3.4x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Input
$0.14
1.2× cheaper
Output
$0.28
3.4× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
Output
$0.97
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is cheaper on both — 1.2× input, 3.4× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 160.3x more emoji
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
52%Vocabulary59%
18wSentence Length15w
0.38Hedging0.31
5.7Bold4.9
3.4Lists2.7
0.00Emoji1.60
0.83Headings0.75
0.04Transitions0.05
Based on 23 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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