Is Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B or DeepSeek: R1 cheaper?

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on output tokens ($2.34 vs $2.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B or DeepSeek: R1?

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B vs DeepSeek: R1

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B or DeepSeek: R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B	DeepSeek: R1
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.39	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$2.34	$2.50
Context window	262K	64K
Parameters	397B	671B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Jan 2025

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B details →DeepSeek: R1 details →

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