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DeepSeek: R1 0528 vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Compare DeepSeek: R1 0528 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.
Onebase URL to migrate
100sof models and routes
Noneprompt logs by default
Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.
Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.
Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.
Practical read
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. DeepSeek: R1 0528 has more provider fallback routes, while Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct with the lower p50 TTFT.
$2.7825/1MDeepSeek: R1 0528 cheapest route
$0.7875/1MQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct cheapest route
4269 msDeepSeek: R1 0528 measured p50 TTFT
2343 msQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct measured p50 TTFT
DeepSeek: R1 0528Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Model id
deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct
PublisherDeepSeekDeepInfra
AI IQ
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Context163,840 tokens262,144 tokens
Provider routes54
Cheapest route$2.7825/1M$0.7875/1M
Privacy postureprovider posture variesprovider posture varies
Modes
chat
chat
DeepSeek: R1 0528 routes
Production choice
Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.
TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.
OpenAI clientPython
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528",
messages=messages,
)