DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale posts impressive coding and math scores but carries a notably lower overall intelligence index than the standard V3.2, suggesting it is a specialised variant rather than a general-purpose upgrade. Strong for technical and mathematical tasks, though its higher pricing relative to V3.2 and limited provider accessibility for UK businesses temper its overall appeal.
Assessment date: March 14, 2026
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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 to push capability beyond the base model. Reported evaluations place Speciale ahead of GPT-5 on difficult reasoning workloads, with proficiency comparable to Gemini-3.0-Pro, while retaining strong coding and tool-use reliability. Like V3.2, it benefits from a large-scale agentic task synthesis pipeline that improves compliance and generalization in interactive environments.
Architecture
| Modality | Text → Text |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
Evaluations
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
Model Information
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.40 | $0.000400 |
| Output | $1.20 | $0.001200 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
