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DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)

Side-by-side comparison of DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking). Compare pricing, context window, capabilities, and find out which is better for your workflow.

Verdict

strong confidence

Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) leads overall

Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) leads in context window and capabilities, making it the stronger choice for most workflows. DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B remains competitive with advantages in price.

Best for with DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Budget-conscious workflows

Best for with Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)

Long document processingMulti-modal tasks

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Technical specifications

	DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B	Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Provider	DeepSeek	Qwen
Input price	$0.29/M	$0.26/M
Output price	$0.29/M	$0.78/M
Context window	33K	1.0M
Max output	33K	33K
Capabilities	Reasoning	Tool useReasoning
Released	Jan 29, 2025	Sep 8, 2025

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Price

DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads

DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B

$0.29/M tokens