Model Comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs QwQ-32B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench), while QwQ-32B is better at 0 benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Input tokens$0.27
Output tokens$0.41
Best providerNovita
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

652.5B diff

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 652.5B more parameters than QwQ-32B, making it 2007.7% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
685.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
32.5Bparameters
685.0B
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
32.5B
QwQ-32B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp specifies input context (163,840 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Input163,840 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is licensed under MIT, while QwQ-32B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

MIT

Open weights

QwQ-32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp was released on 2025-09-29, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is 7 months newer than QwQ-32B.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Sep 29, 2025

6 months ago

6mo newer
QwQ-32B

Mar 5, 2025

1.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm QwQ-32B's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp's cutoff date.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

QwQ-32B

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (163,840 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (79.9% vs 65.2%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (74.1% vs 63.4%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

QwQ-32B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs QwQ-32B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is made by DeepSeek and QwQ-32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores SimpleQA: 97.1%, AIME 2025: 89.3%, MMLU-Pro: 85.0%, HMMT 2025: 83.6%, GPQA: 79.9%. QwQ-32B scores MATH-500: 90.6%, IFEval: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 79.5%, LiveBench: 73.1%, BFCL: 66.4%.
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp supports 164K tokens and QwQ-32B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is developed by DeepSeek and QwQ-32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.