🇨🇳 China🧠 GeneralistReleased November 2025
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek
Open-sourceFreeSelf-host
Verdict
A solid pick for self-hosting and full data control.
Overview
DeepSeek V3.2 introduces DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA) to cut training and inference cost on long contexts without meaningful quality loss. MIT-licensed, 685B parameters in a MoE design, it delivers solid reasoning (82.4% GPQA) at one of the lowest prices on the market. Ideal for volume and for teams that want to self-host and keep control of their data.
Skill profile
Arena Elo1425
Verified benchmarks
GPQA82.4%
SWE-Bench67.8%
What do these scores mean?
GPQA82.4%excellent
PhD-level science questions (physics, chemistry, biology), with no tool access.
SWE-Bench67.8%very good
Resolving real GitHub issues under real conditions (SWE-bench Verified).
Strengths
- Excellent at code
- World-class on Arena
- Has a free tier
- Open-source and self-hostable
Limitations
- No native GDPR guarantee
- Light safety filters
Who is it for
A good fit if…
- you build with a coding agent
- you want to control cost or self-host
Skip it if…
- you handle sensitive EU data
- you want strict guardrails
Ideal use cases
- High-volume usage at low cost
- Self-hosting and data control
- Reasoning and code on a budget
Access & availability
Paid API per tokenFree tier availableSelf-hostable (open weights)
Key specifications
Context
131K
Input price
$0.28 $/M
Output price
$0.42 $/M
Speed
—
Price not auditedBenchmarks not audited
Estimate your monthly cost
Per-token API pricing$11/ month with DeepSeek V3.2
For the same usage
- Gemini 3 Flash$36+218%
- Gemini 3.1 Pro$145+1173%
- GPT-5.5$363+3082%
Indicative estimate based on standard API rates (excluding caching, batch and volume discounts). Always check the official pricing before committing.
Privacy
Not GDPR-compliant
Advanced data · for expertsArchitecture, modalities, detailed cost, full benchmarks▾
Advanced data · for experts
Architecture, modalities, detailed cost, full benchmarks
Architecture
MoE + DeepSeek Sparse Attention
Size
685B (MoE)
Cutoff date
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Inputs
text
Outputs
text
License
mit
Hosting
—
Hallucination score
—
Estimated cost (API)
Typical exchange (~3k in / 1k out)
≈ $0.0013
1M in + 1M out
≈ $0.70
All benchmarks
| Arena Elo | 1425 |
| MMLU | — |
| GPQA | 82.4% |
| HumanEval | — |
| SWE-Bench | 67.8% |
| MATH | — |