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DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B vs Qwen3.5 0.8B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

Qwen3.5 0.8B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
Price Advantage
Qwen3.5 0.8B
Benchmark Advantage
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B
Context Window
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B
Speed
Qwen3.5 0.8B

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureDeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8BQwen3.5 0.8B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyDeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8BQwen3.5 0.8B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorDeepseekQwen

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B Modalities

Input
Output

Qwen3.5 0.8B Modalities

Input
Output

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5 0.8B has cheaper input pricing at $0.01/M tokens. Qwen3.5 0.8B has cheaper output pricing at $0.05/M tokens.
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 7.8, compared to Qwen3.5 0.8B's score of 1.0.