Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Qwen Max

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.8 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.6% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.66 / $1.98 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.334.7
Released2026-04-242024-04-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M33K
Max output393K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.66$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$1.98$6.40
Results tracked4823

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
LMArena Coding14701288
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14611269
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%16.1%
LMArena Math14551275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
ProofBench50%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
GPQA Diamond91.7%56.1%
LMArena Expert14641248
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14391263
LMArena Chinese14861254
LMArena French14721330
LMArena German14581254
LMArena Japanese14451205
LMArena Korean14471142
LMArena Russian14531274
LMArena Spanish14581290

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14481262

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14581288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Max
LMArena Text14511282
LMArena Creative Writing14461248
LMArena Multi-Turn14671277
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Qwen Max?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Qwen Max?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Qwen Max better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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