DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale

deepseek · Released Dec 1, 2025
Intelligence #232 / 699
36.8 our score
AA Index #160 / 425
22.6 Artificial Analysis
Input Price #365 / 704
$0.287 per 1M tokens
Output Price #270 / 704
$0.431 per 1M tokens
Context #339 / 704
163,840 tokens

Analysis Summary

DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is a text model with a 163,840-token context window and pricing below premium flagship levels. Its supplied intelligence result is limited, and the variant has no reported coding, agentic, instruction-following, or long-context benchmark results in this dataset.

The context capacity can support document summarisation, classification, and routine content transformation, especially where input volume matters. However, the lack of broader evidence makes it difficult to recommend for autonomous agents, complex software work, or sensitive client-facing generation without additional testing. Its pricing is workable for moderate-volume workloads, but the standard V3.2 has materially broader measured evidence. Use Speciale for contained text operations after task-specific validation.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale provides a 164K context window at moderate pricing, but its measured intelligence index is limited and no coding or agentic results are supplied. It fits routine text workflows better than high-stakes reasoning.

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DFO Verdict

DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale provides a 164K context window at moderate pricing, but its measured intelligence index is limited and no coding or agentic results are supplied. It fits routine text workflows better than high-stakes reasoning.

#232 of 699 overall Down 3 this week

How DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale compares

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale ranks #160 of 425 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 164K-token context window is larger than 52% of the models we list. At $0.29 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 48% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 67% of models #232
Price: cheaper than 48% of models #365
Context: larger than 52% of models #339
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale $0.29 in $0.43 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale 164K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence3.2Technical0Value7.8Content4.5
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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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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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..

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).

Who created DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale?

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

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