Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R2 or Qwen 3 Max?

DeepSeek R2 is cheaper at the input + output rate combined: $2.75 versus $4.00 per million tokens.

Which has higher quality, DeepSeek R2 or Qwen 3 Max?

DeepSeek R2 has the higher AA Intelligence Index score: 86 versus 84.

Can I switch between DeepSeek R2 and Qwen 3 Max via one API?

Both DeepSeek R2 and Qwen 3 Max are accessible through OpenRouter's unified gateway, which lets you switch models with one API key. Phase 2 of AIpricly will add scenario-routed automatic primary + fallback chains.

DeepSeek R2 vs Qwen 3 Max

Side-by-side pricing, capabilities, real-world cost across common scenarios, and our editorial pick.

添加模型最多可对比 4 个模型

全部价格按美元 / 百万 token 计

OVERALL WINNER

DeepSeek R2

DeepSeek · released 2026-02-15

Quality (AA Index)86

Input price$0.55

Output price$2.20

Context128K

Throughput110 tok/s

P50 latency1.2s

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Qwen 3 Max

Alibaba · released 2026-03-01

Quality (AA Index)84

Input price$0.80

Output price$3.20

Context256K

Throughput130 tok/s

P50 latency0.9s

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规格对比

绿色列 = 该指标获胜方

Metric	DeepSeek R2	Qwen 3 Max	Verdict
Input price /百万 tokens	$0.55	$0.80	DeepSeek R2 −31%
Output price /百万 tokens	$2.20	$3.20	DeepSeek R2 −31%
Context window max input length	128K	256K	Qwen 3 Max +2.0×
AA Quality AA Intelligence Index (0–100)	86	84	DeepSeek R2 +2pt
Arena Elo LMArena human-pref Elo (800–2000)	—	—	Tied
Throughput tokens per second	110	130	Qwen 3 Max +18%
P50 latency first token	1.2s	0.9s	Qwen 3 Max −25%
Vision multimodal	—
Function calling tool use			Tied
Reasoning mode chain-of-thought		—

常见场景月度费用

默认用量假设

Scenario	DeepSeek R2	Qwen 3 Max
customer support 1000K req · 600/180 tok	$726	$1.1K
chat with docs 300K req · 4000/300 tok	$858	$1.2K
code generation 500K req · 2000/500 tok	$1.1K	$1.6K
voice assistant 600K req · 800/200 tok	$528	$768

Our pick

For most workloads, choose DeepSeek R2.

31% cheaper input price, which compounds at scale

Choose Qwen 3 Max instead if: 尚未记录这对模型的具体取舍。两者质量差距可能很小，最终决定因素更多是工作负载契合度、集成成本与团队熟悉度。

为何选择？通过智能路由同时使用两者

第二阶段 · 带故障转移链的网关

Set DeepSeek R2 as primary, Qwen 3 Max as fallback. One key, one bill, automatic failover when DeepSeek R2 errors.

第二阶段预览 · 网关尚未上线该接口目前不存在。网关计划在第二阶段上线——下面只是规划中的接口形态预览，不是可用的 API。上线时会通过 newsletter 通知订阅者。

查看计划中的 API 调用形态

$ curl https://api.aipricly.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIPC_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "routing": {
      "primary": "deepseek/deepseek-r2",
      "fallback": ["alibaba/qwen-3-max"]
    },
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "..."}]
  }'