Apertus 8B Instruct vs DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
Swiss AI Initiative vs DeepSeek — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale has the higher intelligence index (89.9 vs 25.6)
- •Apertus 8B Instruct is cheaper ($0.10 vs $0.29 per 1M input)
| Apertus 8B Instruct | DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 25.6 | 89.9 |
| Developer | Swiss AI Initiative | DeepSeek |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | — | Open weights |
| Context window | — | 163,840 tokens |
| Input price | $0.10 / 1M | $0.29 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.20 / 1M | $0.43 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | September 2, 2025 | December 1, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Apertus 8B Instruct
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
GPQA Diamond
25.6
87.1
Humanity’s Last Exam
5
26.1