Qwen: Qwen3 Max vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 is cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 Max by about 80% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Qwen: Qwen3 Max charges $0.780000 / $3.900000 per 1M input/output tokens; DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 charges $0.280000 / $0.420000.
| Field | Qwen: Qwen3 Max | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.780000 | $0.280000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.900000 | $0.420000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | $0.156000 | $0.028000 |
| Cache write $/Mtok | $0.975000 | – |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.235202 | 0.091836 |
| Output $/Mchar | 1.176009 | 0.137755 |
| Context window | 262144 | 163840 |
| Tokenizer | qwen2 | deepseek |
| Confidence? | api | aggregator |
| Source | openrouter | litellm |
Confidence: official = vendor pricing page · api = OpenRouter per-host · aggregator = community list, may lag · unreviewed = automatic extraction awaiting review. When sources disagree the most authoritative wins. Details: /methodology#confidence
Price history
Same workload, monthly cost
Illustrative monthly cost at 10M tokens/month, split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume, cache and batch assumptions.
| Workload | Qwen: Qwen3 Max | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $9.36 | $2.87 |
| RAG chat | $12.48 | $3.01 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $10.92 | $2.94 |
| Classification | $8.42 | $2.83 |
| Chat assistant | $20.28 | $3.36 |
| Content generation | $32.76 | $3.92 |
Cite this page
Qwen: Qwen3 Max vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3: $0.780000/$3.900000 vs $0.280000/$0.420000 per 1M tokens as of 2026-10-04. Token Barometer by Dejan Strbad, https://tokenbarometer.com, data CC BY 4.0. https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/alibaba_qwen3-max-vs-deepseek_deepseek-chat
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