DeepSeek V3.2 vs GPT-5
Compare DeepSeek V3.2 by DeepSeek against GPT-5 by OpenAI, context windows of 131K vs 400K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5
DeepSeek V3.2Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window.
DeepSeek V3.2 is 24x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3.2
Input
$0.28
4.5× cheaper
Output
$0.42
24× cheaper
GPT-5
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
DeepSeek V3.2 is cheaper on both — 4.5× input, 24× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
39%
DeepSeek V3.2 uses 33.2x more bold
DeepSeek V3.2
GPT-5
52%Vocabulary65%
31wSentence Length13w
0.58Hedging0.20
6.3Bold0.2
5.4Lists4.6
0.00Emoji0.00
0.80Headings0.16
0.13Transitions0.03
Based on 24 + 16 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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