DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale vs o3
DeepSeek vs OpenAI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale has the higher intelligence index (89.9 vs 71.6)
- •DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is cheaper ($0.29 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
- •o3 has a larger context window (200K)
| DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale | o3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 89.9 | 71.6 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 163,840 tokens | 200,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.29 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.43 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | 50 tok/s |
| Released | December 1, 2025 | April 16, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
o3
AIME 2025
96.7
86.4
GPQA Diamond
87.1
87.7
Humanity’s Last Exam
26.1
24.3
LiveCodeBench
89.6
80.8
MMLU-Pro
86.3
85.3