Model Comparison

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B vs DeepSeek VL2 Small

Comparing Qwen3.5-397B-A17B and DeepSeek VL2 Small across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B and DeepSeek VL2 Small don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
Wed Apr 15 2026 • llm-stats.com
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Input tokens$0.60
Output tokens$3.60
Best providerNovita
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

381.0B diff

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B has 381.0B more parameters than DeepSeek VL2 Small, making it 2381.3% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
397.0Bparameters
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
16.0Bparameters
397.0B
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
16.0B
DeepSeek VL2 Small

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.5-397B-A17B specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3.5-397B-A17B specifies output context (64,000 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Input262,144 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Qwen3.5-397B-A17B and DeepSeek VL2 Small support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is licensed under Apache 2.0, while DeepSeek VL2 Small uses deepseek.

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

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

DeepSeek VL2 Small

deepseek

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B was released on 2026-02-16, while DeepSeek VL2 Small was released on 2024-12-13.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is 14 months newer than DeepSeek VL2 Small.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Feb 16, 2026

1 months ago

1.2yr newer
DeepSeek VL2 Small

Dec 13, 2024

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (262,144 tokens)
DeepSeek

Detailed Comparison

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.5-397B-A17B vs DeepSeek VL2 Small

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) and DeepSeek VL2 Small (DeepSeek) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B scores MMLU-Redux: 94.9%, HMMT 2025: 94.8%, C-Eval: 93.0%, HMMT25: 92.7%, IFEval: 92.6%. DeepSeek VL2 Small scores DocVQA: 92.3%, ChartQA: 84.5%, OCRBench: 83.4%, TextVQA: 83.4%, MMBench: 80.3%.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B supports 262K tokens and DeepSeek VL2 Small 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 (Apache 2.0 vs deepseek). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and DeepSeek VL2 Small is developed by DeepSeek.