DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp at $0.310 in and $0.471 out and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at $0.172 in and $1.38 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

DeepSeek

0.19¢

for a client proposal

$0.310 in · $0.471 out / 1M

164K context · released September 2025

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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Qwen

0.2¢

for a client proposal

$0.172 in · $1.38 out / 1M

262K context · released September 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.39¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at $0.172 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp at $0.471 per million tokens.
Largest context: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

0.09¢

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.1¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

0.19¢

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.2¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

$0.05

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

3.2¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

1.1¢

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

0.74¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

needs 250K ctx

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

4.7¢

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

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Pricing

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Input / 1M tokens

$0.310

$0.172

Output / 1M tokens

$0.471

$1.38

Specs

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Provider

DeepSeek

Qwen

Released

September 2025

Context window

164K

262K

Max output

66K

262K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2025-07-31

2025-09-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

DeepSeek

0.09¢

for this task

72% input · 28% output

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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Qwen

0.1¢

for this task

33% input · 67% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.19¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,643 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.19¢.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): DeepSeek V3.2 Exp at 0.19¢; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at 0.2¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run DeepSeek V3.2 Exp and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.39¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.39¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.