DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale vs OpenAI o4-mini
Compare DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale by DeepSeek against OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI, tested across 51 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
Input
$0.28
3.9× cheaper
Output
$0.42
10× cheaper
OpenAI o4-mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is cheaper on both — 3.9× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
26%
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale uses 315.3x more bold
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
OpenAI o4-mini
45%Vocabulary73%
15wSentence Length15w
0.97Hedging0.18
3.2Bold0.0
3.5Lists2.1
0.11Emoji0.00
0.42Headings0.00
0.28Transitions0.02
Based on 21 + 10 text responses
Research
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