DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale

deepseek · Released Dec 1, 2025 Professional
Intelligence #10 / 576
82.0 Our Score
AA Index #112 / 378
29.4 Artificial Analysis
Input #325 / 577
$0.287 per 1M tokens
Output #250 / 577
$0.431 per 1M tokens
Context #221 / 577
163,840 tokens

Analysis Summary

DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is a specialist variant of the V3.2 family, tuned for coding and mathematical reasoning. Its livecodebench score is among the highest in the database, and its math index is near-perfect. Instruction following is strong, and the 163K context window supports longer document and codebase tasks. Pricing is reasonable at $0.287 input and $0.431 output per million tokens.

For businesses, this model is best suited to coding-heavy workflows, mathematical analysis, and structured content generation. Its agentic score is moderate and it lacks vision or tool use, which limits its utility for multi-modal or autonomous agent pipelines. The intelligence index is lower than its coding scores suggest, indicating the model is more narrowly optimised than a general-purpose flagship.

Teams with high coding or math workloads will find strong value here. For broader business use requiring agentic reliability, vision, or general reasoning breadth, a more balanced model would be preferable. Note that DeepSeek models may have limited enterprise support in some markets.

Assessed June 6, 2026

Editorial notes

DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale delivers exceptional coding and math performance with strong instruction following, at a competitive price point, though its intelligence index and agentic scores are more modest.

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Performance Profile

Intelligence5.2Technical5.6Value7.8Content7
Intelligence 5.2/10
Technical 5.6/10
Content 7/10
Value 7.8/10

How DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale compares

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale ranks #112 of 378 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #45 of 315 for coding, #125 of 289 for agentic tasks. Its 164K-token context window is larger than 62% of the models we list. At $0.29 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 44% of comparable models.

About DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is a high-compute variant of DeepSeek-V3.2 optimized for maximum reasoning and agentic performance. It builds on DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA) for efficient long-context processing, then scales post-training reinforcement learning..

Performance Indices

Source: Artificial Analysis

29.4 Intelligence Index
37.9 Coding Index
34.8 Agentic Index
96.7 Math Index

Benchmark Scores

Intelligence

GPQA Diamond 87.1% Graduate-level scientific reasoning
HLE 26.1% Humanity's Last Exam
MMLU Pro 86.3% Multi-task language understanding
AIME 2025 96.7% Competition mathematics (2025)
SciCode 44% Scientific computing

Technical

LiveCodeBench 89.6% Live coding evaluation
TerminalBench Hard 34.8% Agentic terminal tasks

Content

IFBench 63.9% Instruction following
LCR 59.3% Long-context reasoning

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face

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Model Information

OpenRouter ID deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-speciale
Providerdeepseek
Model FamilyDeepSeek
Release Date December 1, 2025
Context Length163,840 tokens
Max Completion163,840 tokens
Status Active

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.29 $0.000287
Output $0.43 $0.000431

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Frequently asked questions about DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale

How much does DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale cost?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale costs $0.29 per million input tokens and $0.43 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale has a context window of 163,840 tokens (164K).

Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale good for coding?

On our coding benchmark index, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale ranks #45 of 315 models, placing it in the top quartile of the field for code generation and debugging.

Who created DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is developed by DeepSeek and was released on December 1, 2025.