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Qwen3 Max Thinking vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Live matchup data for Qwen3 Max Thinking and DeepSeek V4 Pro: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.

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Qwen3 Max ThinkingAlibaba (Qwen)

share of openrouter tokens

awaiting first snapshot

usage compares on other signals below

share of openrouter tokens

6.8%39%rank #5

as of Jul 7, 2026 · Δ vs ≥7d prior

usage share — openrouter model rankings

Usage crossover

source: OpenRouter model rankings · daily · 90d · no OpenRouter feed: Qwen3 Max Thinking

through Jul 7, 2026

side by side

Spec & pricing

Side-by-side specification and pricing for Qwen3 Max Thinking and DeepSeek V4 Pro.
SpecQwen3 Max ThinkingDeepSeek V4 Pro
VendorAlibaba (Qwen)DeepSeek
Homepageopenrouter.aiopenrouter.ai
Context window262.1K tokens1M tokens
Input price$0.78/MTok$0.43/MTok
Output price$3.90/MTok$0.87/MTok
Cache read$0.0036/MTok
Price as ofJul 8, 2026 · openrouterJul 8, 2026 · openrouter

sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries

— = not tracked / not applicable

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Benchmarks

Benchmark results for Qwen3 Max Thinking and DeepSeek V4 Pro: best tracked score per benchmark, with result dates and sources.
BenchmarkQwen3 Max ThinkingDeepSeek V4 ProSource
aa-agentic-index
36.4 index · deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
openrouter.ai
aa-coding-index
59.4 index · deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
openrouter.ai
aa-intelligence-index
44.3 index · deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
openrouter.ai

best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks

sources linked per row

community pulse

Reddit sentiment

Reddit mention volume and sentiment for Qwen3 Max Thinking and DeepSeek V4 Pro over the trailing 30 days.
SignalQwen3 Max ThinkingDeepSeek V4 Pro

sentiment feed pending — Reddit pulse lands with the daily crawl

source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d

awaiting first crawl

faq

Frequently asked

Is Qwen3 Max Thinking more used than DeepSeek V4 Pro?
The Token Tape tracks daily OpenRouter usage for this matchup, but Qwen3 Max Thinking has no usage feed yet, so no usage comparison is published. Pricing, benchmarks, and sentiment compare on the available signals.
How does Qwen3 Max Thinking pricing compare to DeepSeek V4 Pro?
Qwen3 Max Thinking runs $0.78 per million input tokens and $3.90 per million output tokens (as of Jul 8, 2026). DeepSeek V4 Pro runs $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens (as of Jul 8, 2026). Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
How do Qwen3 Max Thinking and DeepSeek V4 Pro score on coding benchmarks?
The tape holds 0 tracked results for Qwen3 Max Thinking and 3 for DeepSeek V4 Pro, but none on a shared benchmark yet — scores are listed side by side without a common baseline.
Where does this comparison data come from?
OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.

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