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R1 0528 vs Qwen Image Bench

R1 0528 (DeepSeek) and Qwen Image Bench (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 19 September 2026

As of 19 September 2026, R1 0528 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#61 vs #64).

Which should you choose?

Choose R1 0528 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #61 against #64 (58.2 vs 57.9 points).
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.

Choose Qwen Image Bench if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen Image Bench was listed 21 May 2026, R1 0528 28 May 2025.

R1 0528 vs Qwen Image Bench: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of R1 0528 and Qwen Image Bench
FieldR1 0528DeepSeekQwen Image BenchQwen
ModelCap Index position#61#64
Index score58.257.9
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.50Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$2.15Unlisted
Context window164K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens33K—
API providers listed40
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, Image
First listed28 May 202521 May 2026
PublisherDeepSeekQwen

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · finetune of qwen/qwen3.6-27b · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: R1 0528 vs Qwen Image Bench

Public benchmark boards where R1 0528 or Qwen Image Bench has a published result
BoardR1 0528Qwen Image BenchLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14641453–1475—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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R1 0528 vs Qwen Image Bench: common questions

Is R1 0528 better than Qwen Image Bench?

R1 0528 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 19 September 2026: #61 against #64. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is R1 0528 cheaper than Qwen Image Bench?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, R1 0528 or Qwen Image Bench?

Both publish a 164K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, R1 0528 or Qwen Image Bench?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are R1 0528 and Qwen Image Bench open-weight models?

R1 0528: Open weights. Qwen Image Bench: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run R1 0528 and Qwen Image Bench?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for R1 0528 and 0 for Qwen Image Bench, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this R1 0528 vs Qwen Image Bench comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 19 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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