DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is a distilled large language model based on [Qwen 2.5 32B](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-32B), using outputs from [DeepSeek R1](/deepseek/deepseek-r1). It outperforms OpenAI's o1-mini across various bench…
Model details →DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3, the latest generation in the Qwen large language model series, features both dense and mixture-of-experts (MoE) architectures to excel in reasoning, multilingual support, and advanced agent tasks. Its unique ability to switch seamles…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B | Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 33K | 41K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.29 | $0.08 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.29 | $0.28 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B better than Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B?
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B?
Input: $0.29 vs $0.08 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.29 vs $0.28 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B support?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B supports up to 33K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B supports up to 41K tokens.
Do both DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B support tool calling?
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B: not advertised. Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B: yes.