DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash by DeepSeek against Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek V4 Flash has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
DeepSeek V4 Flash is 11x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Input
$0.14
2.9× cheaper
Output
$0.28
11× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Input
$0.40
Output
$3.20
DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on both — 2.9× input, 11× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
61%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B uses 10.4x more emoji
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
54%Vocabulary49%
17wSentence Length15w
0.52Hedging0.29
3.6Bold6.2
2.6Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.10
0.41Headings0.88
0.19Transitions0.20
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Research
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