Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
As of August 24, 2026, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is 18% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens ($2.25 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). DeepSeek-R1 costs $0.55 / $2.19 per million tokens ($2.74 blended). Sources: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing and https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cost per million tokens?
DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek API pricing is $0.55 input and $2.19 output per million tokens via DeepSeek. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Qwen API pricing is $0.25 input and $2.00 output per million tokens via Qwen. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has a published SWE-bench Verified score of 69.2%. DeepSeek-R1 does not have that eval on this page yet.
What is the context window for DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
DeepSeek-R1 supports a 131K token context window, while Qwen3.5-35B-A3B supports 262K tokens. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B leads on 2 of 2 shared benchmarks versus DeepSeek-R1's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B better for production use?
Both DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B in my app?
Yes. Call DeepSeek-R1 through DeepSeek and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B through Qwen with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B pricing data?
List rates are the latest published DeepSeek API pricing and Qwen API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing and https://bailian.console.aliyun.com/. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
DeepSeek-R1 supports up to 131K output tokens per request, while Qwen3.5-35B-A3B supports up to 65K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
DeepSeek-R1 has a measured throughput of approximately 9 tokens/second. Throughput data for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is not yet available. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
