DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Qwen3.7 Max

DeepSeek against Qwen. Prices, scores and speed below are live.

  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs 76% less on blended price ($0.79 against $3.32 per 1M tokens, 3 input to 1 output).
  • Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 29.9 against 28.6.
  • On the 18 benchmarks both have scores on, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads on 13 and Qwen3.7 Max on 5.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 reads more context: 1M tokens against 1M.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is newer: listed Oct 17, 2026, against May 21, 2026.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Qwen3.7 Max
LabDeepSeekQwen
ListedOct 17, 2026May 21, 2026
Input per 1M tokens$0.45$2.21
Output per 1M tokens$1.80$6.64
Cached input per 1M$0.009$0.44
Blended (3:1) per 1M$0.79$3.32
Context window1M1M
Max output393K131K
Knowledge cutoff--
Intelligence index28.629.9
Coding index-66
ReasoningYesYes
Reads imagesYesNo
Tool useYesYes
Structured outputYesYes

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Qwen3.7 Max
AIME99.4%Epoch AI95.6%Epoch AI
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index28.6Artificial Analysis and OpenRouter29.9Artificial Analysis and OpenRouter
Chess Puzzles46%Epoch AI26%Epoch AI
Design Arena: 3D1361 EloDesign Arena1263 EloDesign Arena
Design Arena: ASCII Art1242 EloDesign Arena1208 EloDesign Arena
Design Arena: Code1290 EloDesign Arena1274 EloDesign Arena
Design Arena: Data Viz1259 EloDesign Arena1276 EloDesign Arena
Design Arena: Game Dev1258 EloDesign Arena1265 EloDesign Arena
Design Arena: SVG1247 EloDesign Arena1213 EloDesign Arena
Design Arena: UI Component1301 EloDesign Arena1264 EloDesign Arena
Design Arena: Website1297 EloDesign Arena1274 EloDesign Arena
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2)46.3%Epoch AI34.1%Epoch AI
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)71.2%Epoch AI64.6%Epoch AI
GPQA Diamond90.1%Artificial Analysis and OpenRouter90.9%Artificial Analysis and OpenRouter
Mystery Game Puzzles49%Epoch AI26%Epoch AI
SciCode55.9%Epoch AI49.5%Epoch AI
SimpleQA Verified42.5%Epoch AI55.8%Epoch AI
tau-bench (Airline)72.3%Artificial Analysis and OpenRouter72%Artificial Analysis and OpenRouter

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The indices are the Artificial Analysis indices, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See DeepSeek models, Qwen models, every LLM's price and our sources.