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DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

DeepSeek V4 Pro wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed.

Category leads
speed·DeepSeek V4 Pro
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
#6 by perf·#5 by attention
DESERVED
DeepSeek V4 Pro
#13 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
1.2x better value than DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
97.8 pts/$
$0.80/M
DeepSeek V4 Pro
112.8 pts/$
$0.65/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Head to head
DeepSeek V3.2 SpecialeDeepSeek V4 Pro
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
DeepSeek V4 Pro leads by +36.4
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
0.0
DeepSeek V4 Pro
36.4
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
DeepSeek V4 Pro leads by +21.5
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
37.9
DeepSeek V4 Pro
59.4
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
DeepSeek V4 Pro leads by +14.8
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
29.4
DeepSeek V4 Pro
44.3
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2 SpecialeDeepSeek V4 Pro
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
0.036.4
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
37.959.4
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
29.444.3
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2 Speciale$0.40$1.20164K tokens (~82 books)$6.00
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro$0.43$0.871.0M tokens (~524 books)$5.44