DeepSeek · open · 2025-12

DeepSeek-V3.2

Item: DeepSeek-V3.2
Rating: 78.8

#12 index 78.8

the take
The workhorse that made cheap long context normal with sparse attention. Still fine, but the first-party API is being retired in weeks and V4 is simply better. A baseline, not a buy.

benchmarks

70.0

82.4

85.0

84.1

LiveCodeBench (coding)

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specs

Context: 164K
Input: $0.28/M
Output: $0.42/M
Speed: —
Modality: text

strengths

Efficient long-context via sparse attention
Very low cost, open weights (MIT)
Strong general knowledge and tool use

weaknesses

Superseded by the V4 family
163K context vs V4 1M
First-party API deprecating 2026-07-24

Sources: [1][2]

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