DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs GPT-5
Compare DeepSeek V3.2 Exp by DeepSeek against GPT-5 by OpenAI, context windows of 164K vs 400K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5
DeepSeek V3.2 ExpRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window.
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is 25x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Input
$0.20
6.3× cheaper
Output
$0.40
25× cheaper
GPT-5
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is cheaper on both — 6.3× input, 25× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp uses 1.5x more emoji
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
GPT-5
55%Vocabulary65%
17wSentence Length13w
0.44Hedging0.20
5.8Bold0.2
4.2Lists4.6
0.02Emoji0.00
0.95Headings0.16
0.03Transitions0.03
Based on 20 + 16 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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