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DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale vs Gemini 3.5 Flash

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

Winner summary

Gemini 3.5 Flash wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed.

Category leads
speed·Gemini 3.5 Flash
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
#6 by perf·#5 by attention
DESERVED
Gemini 3.5 Flash
#44 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
8.2x better value than Gemini 3.5 Flash
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
97.8 pts/$
$0.80/M
Gemini 3.5 Flash
11.9 pts/$
$5.25/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Google DeepMind logo
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
DeepSeek V3.2 SpecialeGemini 3.5 Flash
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Gemini 3.5 Flash leads by +37.5
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
Gemini 3.5 Flash
37.5
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Gemini 3.5 Flash leads by +32.3
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
Gemini 3.5 Flash
70.1
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Gemini 3.5 Flash leads by +20.8
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
29.4
Gemini 3.5 Flash
50.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2 SpecialeGemini 3.5 Flash
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?"
0.037.5
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.
37.970.1
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
29.450.2
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
Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.5 Flash$1.50$9.001.0M tokens (~524 books)$33.75