DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.5 at $0.28/M vs $3/M input tokens.
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $3/M tokens | $0.28/M tokens |
| Output price | $15/M tokens | $0.42/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 131K tokens |
| Released | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 |
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale costs 36x less per token.
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is cheaper on both — 11× input, 36× output
Claude Sonnet 4.5 uses 6.1x more sentence length
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.5 at $0.28/M vs $3/M input tokens.
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $3/M tokens | $0.28/M tokens |
| Output price | $15/M tokens | $0.42/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 131K tokens |
| Released | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 |
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale costs 36x less per token.
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is cheaper on both — 11× input, 36× output
Claude Sonnet 4.5 uses 6.1x more sentence length