DeepSeek V3.2 vs Qwen3 8B
Prices checked
Qwen3 8B takes 3 of 5 rounds against DeepSeek V3.2. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.06 per million tokens against $0.23.
DeepSeekDeepSeek V3.2
164k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.23/M tokensCheapest price, at NanoGPT · $0.14 per 1,000 pages
Alibaba CloudWins 3 roundsQwen3 8B
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.06/M tokensCheapest price, at SiliconFlow · 4¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.28/M
$0.18/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.40/M
$0.70/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.23/M at NanoGPT
$0.06/M at SiliconFlow
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.31/M
$0.31/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.14
4¢
Context
164k tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not published
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
1 Dec 2025
1 Apr 2025
Providers selling it
49
12
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 7
Novita$0.30 / $0.06
SiliconFlow$0.31 / $0.06
Hugging Face Inference Providers$0.31 / $0.10
Alibaba Cloud (China)$0.31 / $0.13
NanoGPT$0.23 / $0.47
TrustedRouter$0.31 / $0.47
Eden AI$0.75 / $0.12
DeepSeek V3.2, then Qwen3 8B, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
Kilo Gateway · 8% cheaper · $0.26 / $0.38 $0.28 / $0.42
OpenRouter · 8% cheaper · $0.26 / $0.38 $0.28 / $0.42- Eden AI · 73% cheaper · 8¢ / $0.25 $0.45 / $0.45
io.net Intelligence · 8% cheaper · $0.95 / $1.43 $1 / $1.65- Eden AI · 114% dearer · $0.50 / $1.50 $0.30 / $0.50
- TrustedRouter · 32% cheaper · $0.47 / $0.47 $0.19 / $2.22
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Qwen3 8B?
- Qwen3 8B, at $0.06 per million tokens against $0.23 for DeepSeek V3.2, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- DeepSeek V3.2: $0.23 at NanoGPT. Qwen3 8B: $0.06 at SiliconFlow.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 7 providers sell both: Novita, SiliconFlow, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Alibaba Cloud (China), NanoGPT, TrustedRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Novita.
- Which holds more context?
- DeepSeek V3.2, at 164k tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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