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Qwen3-235B-A22B vs DeepSeek V4-Pro vs Kimi K3 vs GLM-5.2
4 of 5Open-Weight Models · verified 13 Aug 2026
| Specification | Qwen3-235B-A22B | DeepSeek V4-Pro | Kimi K3 | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Cheapest capable model, most permissive licence. | Best all-round open model of 2026. | Largest open-weight model shipped. | Strongest open reasoning and mathematics. |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT | Open weights | Open weights |
| Parameters | 235B MoE | — | 2.8T | — |
| Released | — | — | 17 Jul 2026 | — |
| Category | Open-Weight Models | Open-Weight Models | Open-Weight Models | Open-Weight Models |
| Official | Alibaba ↗ | DeepSeek ↗ | Moonshot AI ↗ | Zhipu AI ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Qwen3-235B-A22B
- No licence conditions whatsoever
- 22B active of 235B total
Best for commercial self-hosting.
DeepSeek V4-Pro
- Tops open leaderboards on agentic coding and reasoning
- MIT licence — no conditions
- Pioneered aggressive cache-hit pricing at ~$0.07/M
Best for everything open.