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DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs GPT-5.2-Codex

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Winner summary

Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) · GPT-5.2-Codex are still filling in scores.

Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
#10 by perf·no signal
QUIET
GPT-5.2-Codex
#15 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
no price
GPT-5.2-Codex
9.0 pts/$
$7.88/M
Vendor risk
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DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
OpenAI logoGPT-5.2-Codex$1.75$14.00400K tokens (~200 books)$48.13