Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | deepseek | qwen |
| Context Window | 163,840 | 1,000,000 |
| Max Output Tokens | 16,384 | 65,536 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.3200 | $0.3250 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.8900 | $1.95 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $92 | $156 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek | Qwen3 |
| MMLU Score | N/A | N/A |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.3200
Current Output / 1M
$0.8900
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.3250
Current Output / 1M
$1.95
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
94.0%
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
100.0%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3
$92
per month
Lower costQwen: Qwen3.6 Plus
$156
per month
Live Recommendation
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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