DeepSeek-V2.5 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct Comparison
Comparing DeepSeek-V2.5 and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
DeepSeek-V2.5 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (SWE-Bench Verified).
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 244.0B more parameters than DeepSeek-V2.5, making it 103.4% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only DeepSeek-V2.5 specifies input context (8,192 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V2.5 specifies output context (8,192 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
DeepSeek-V2.5 is licensed under deepseek, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
deepseek
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
DeepSeek-V2.5 was released on 2024-05-08, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is 9 months newer than DeepSeek-V2.5.
May 8, 2024
1.8 years ago
Jan 31, 2025
1.1 years ago
8mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
DeepSeek-V2.5
View detailsDeepSeek
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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