DeepSeek V3.2 vs o3 Mini
Compare DeepSeek V3.2 by DeepSeek against o3 Mini by OpenAI, context windows of 131K vs 64K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V3.2
o3 MiniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
DeepSeek V3.2 is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3.2
Input
$0.28
3.9× cheaper
Output
$0.42
10× cheaper
o3 Mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
DeepSeek V3.2 is cheaper on both — 3.9× input, 10× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
DeepSeek V3.2 uses 3.2x more lists
DeepSeek V3.2
o3 Mini
52%Vocabulary65%
31wSentence Length17w
0.58Hedging0.74
6.3Bold3.9
5.4Lists1.7
0.00Emoji0.00
0.80Headings0.47
0.13Transitions0.38
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