DeepSeek-R1 vs Qwen3 235B
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 DeepSeek-R1DeepSeek |  Qwen3 235BAlibaba | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Family | DeepSeek | Qwen |
| Release date | 2025-01-20 | 2025-04-29 |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Parameters | 671B | 235B |
| Modality | text | text |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Source | open weights | open weights |
| Description | Reasoning-focused open-weight model. | Predecessor to the Qwen3.6 family. |
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