Comparisons

Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 vs Qwen3.7 Max

On provider list prices, Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 costs $0.60 per million input tokens against $1.25 for Qwen3.7 Max: 2.1x apart. Output is $1.70 against $3.75 (2.2x). On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 Qwen3.7 Max
LabDeepSeekQwen
AccessOpen weightsAPI only
Context window128K tokens1M tokens
List price, input$0.6 / M tokens$1.25 / M tokens
List price, output$1.7 / M tokens$3.75 / M tokens
Cached inputn/a$0.125 / M tokens
LicenseMITProprietary API
Fine-tunableYesNo

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $1,315 a month on Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 and $2,813 on Qwen3.7 Max at list: a gap of $1,498, or 2.1x.

Qwen3.7 Max reads 1M tokens per request against 128K for Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4, 7.6x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4$0.60$1.70
Qwen3.7 Max$1.25$3.75
InputOutput

Choose Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 for

  • The lower list price ($0.60 in / $1.70 out per M tokens)
  • Open weights you can fine-tune and own
  • Fine-tuning under a permissive license (MIT)
Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 details

Choose Qwen3.7 Max for

  • The longer context window (1M vs 128K tokens)
  • Published cached-input pricing ($0.13 per M tokens)
Qwen3.7 Max details

Common questions

Which is cheaper, Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.60/$1.70 per million tokens in and out against $1.25/$3.75 for Qwen3.7 Max. Billed on Allocate: $0.64/$1.82 against $1.34/$4.01, list plus 7%.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max: 1,000,000 tokens (1M) against 131,072 (128K) for Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4.

Can I fine-tune Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 publishes open weights (MIT) and can be fine-tuned on your own data. Qwen3.7 Max is a closed model served over API; its weights are not available.

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