Is Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 cheaper?

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $1.74 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3?

Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
Provider	SiliconFlow (China)	SiliconFlow (China)
Input / 1M tokens	$0.22	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$1.74	$1.00
Context window	262K	164K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Mar 2026	Dec 2024

Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B details →deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 details →

FAQ

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