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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct benchmark

Name: DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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In this head-to-head showdown, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct is more budget-friendly at $1/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Share Analysis:

Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

3 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 (2)Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (1)

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324

2 of 3 Wins

✓Input price✓Context window

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

1 of 3 Wins

✓Output price

DeepSeek

Leads 2 of 3 metrics

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324). Preview until a second source matches.

$1.12/1M out

Alibaba

Leads 1 of 3 metrics

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen-2.5-coder-32b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo 1,425$1/1M out

Top Rival Showdowns for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.6 vs Qwen 3 Max

Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct Wins

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

$1 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 (2)vsQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (5)

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324: 2W (29%)Overall: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 5W (71%)

← DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct →

🏆Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct(4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324vsQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Preference Elo

—vs1,425

Coding Elo

—vs1,495

SWE-bench

—vs65.2%

LiveBench

—vs64.8%

GPQA Diamond

—vs—

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324: 0WQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 4W

Tied (0-0)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324vsQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Output speed

—vs—

Time to first token

—vs—

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324: 0WQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 0W

🏆DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324vsQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Output price

$1.12/1Mvs$1/1M+$0.12/1M

Input price

$0.27/1Mvs$0.66/1M+$0.39/1M

Context window

164kvs33k+131k

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324: 2WQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,425

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

Coding Elo

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,495

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

LiveBench

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct64.8%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

SWE-bench

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct65.2%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

Input price+$0.39/1M

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324$0.27/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$0.66/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Output price+$0.12/1M

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324$1.12/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$1/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Context window+131k

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324164k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct33k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Benchmark	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	—	1,425 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—
Coding Elo	—	1,495 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	—
LiveBench	—	64.8% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	—
SWE-bench	—	65.2% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	—
Input price	$0.27/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0.66/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.39/1M
Output price	$1.12/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$1/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+$0.12/1M
Context window	164k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	33k openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	+131k

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 31% with DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324$26.25 / mo

In: $9.45Out: $16.8

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$38.10 / mo

In: $23.1Out: $15

Estimated Cost Delta

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 is estimated to save $11.85/month ($142/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct:Pick Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Lower output list price ($1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324

Larger window (164k).

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Lower output list price ($1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324	Larger window (164k).
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

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LIVE BENCHMARK

DeepSeek

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)164k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.27/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$1.12/1M

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Elo 1,425

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed (tok/s)33k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.66/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$1/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct output tokens are $1/1M versus $1.12/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 accepts 164k tokens versus 33k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

0–100 %ile

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,425

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

Coding Elo

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct1,495

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

LiveBench

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct64.8%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

SWE-bench

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324—

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct65.2%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

Input price+$0.39/1M

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324$0.27/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$0.66/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Output price+$0.12/1M

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324$1.12/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$1/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Context window+131k

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324164k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct33k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

Benchmark

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

—

1,425

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

Coding Elo

—

1,495

lmarena · Aug 17, 2026

—

LiveBench

—

64.8%

livebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

SWE-bench

—

65.2%

swebench · Aug 17, 2026

—

Input price

$0.27/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$0.66/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.39/1M

Output price

$1.12/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

$1/1M

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+$0.12/1M

Context window

164k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

33k

openrouter · Aug 17, 2026

+131k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Lower output list price ($1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGDeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324

Larger window (164k).

Screenshots / visioninsufficient data

Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Lower output list price ($1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324	Larger window (164k).
Screenshots / vision	insufficient data	Neither side is marked as vision-capable.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct output tokens are $1/1M versus $1.12/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 accepts 164k tokens versus 33k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.