Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Qwen Turbo

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Qwen Turbo Alibaba (Qwen)

27.1

Rank #335 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Turbo in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.8 to 15.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.6% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 6.1% for Qwen Turbo.
  • Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.66 / $1.98 for DeepSeek V4 Pro.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Qwen Turbo specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.327.1
Released2026-04-242024-11-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output393K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.66$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$1.98$0.20
Results tracked483

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Qwen Turbo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
LMArena Coding1470—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Qwen Turbo: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1461—
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 Turbo: 15.3 (#297)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%6.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
ProofBench50%—
LMArena Math1455—
MATH Level 5—56.2%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
GPQA Diamond91.7%41.8%
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—
LMArena Expert1464—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Qwen Turbo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
LMArena Non-English1439—
LMArena Chinese1486—
LMArena French1472—
LMArena German1458—
LMArena Japanese1445—
LMArena Korean1447—
LMArena Russian1453—
LMArena Spanish1458—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Qwen Turbo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following1448—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Qwen Turbo: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
CL-bench Life13.5%—
LMArena Longer Query1458—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Qwen Turbo: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProQwen Turbo
LMArena Text1451—
LMArena Creative Writing1446—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—
LMArena Multi-Turn1467—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Qwen Turbo?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek V4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Qwen Turbo?

Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Pro lists at $0.66 and $1.98.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

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

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.

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