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DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is a language model from DeepSeek, released in September 2025.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is an experimental iteration introducing DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA) to improve long-context training and inference efficiency while keeping output quality on par with V3.1. It explores fine-grained sparse attention

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DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp benchmarks

Capability tiers

Standing within each category, adjusted for leaderboard depth.

Real tasks performance

High-confidence performance for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp across real-world prompt categories. Only 95% intervals at most 4 points wide are shown.

Performance by conversation depth

How DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp holds up as conversations get longer.

Quality Tracker

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

LLM Stats Logollm-stats.com - Tue Sep 08 2026
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DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp pricing

Providers

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp starts at $0.270 per million input tokens and $0.410 per million output tokens via Novita.

ProviderInput $/MCached input $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p95 sOutput p5 c/sModalities in / out
Novita logoNovita
$0.270$0.410163.8K/65.5K
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Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp model size

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 685 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

Parameters
685BMoE
Frontier (200B+)
685B
1B7B70B405B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp context window

Input and output token limits for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
164Ktokens
66Ktokens
246 pages of text
164K
8K128K1M

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp API

Available from the model provider

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has an official provider API. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp latency

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp examples

Recent arena outputs from DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp license

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is released under the MIT license, which permits commercial use, has 685.0B parameters.

License
MIT
Commercial use allowed
Parameters
685.0B

MIT License - allows commercial use

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp resources

Official sources for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: api documentation, official playground, paper or system card, source repository, model weights.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp are GPT-5 Medium, EXAONE 4.5 33B, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Models ranked just above and below DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp by LLM Stats score.

 

GPT-5 Medium

Score pending
 

EXAONE 4.5 33B

Score pending
 

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Score pending
 

Nova 2 Lite

Score pending
 

Command A+

Score pending
 

o4-mini

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp.

When was DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp released?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp was released on September 29, 2025 by DeepSeek. This is the official DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp cost?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp pricing starts at $0.27 per million input tokens and $0.41 per million output tokens via Novita, the lowest price among tracked providers.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp available via API?

Yes, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

How big is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 685 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp was created by DeepSeek.

What is the license for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is released under the MIT license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

Where can I use DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is available through 1 provider including Novita.

Where is the DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp paper or technical report?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has a paper or technical report available at https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp/blob/main/DeepSeek_V3_2.pdf. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp against?

Common DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp comparisons include DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs GPT-5 Medium, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs EXAONE 4.5 33B, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.