DeepSeek V3.2 is the #2 most intelligent open weights model and also ranks ahead of Grok 4 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Thinking) - it takes DeepSeek Sparse Attention out of ‘experimental’ status a couples it with a material boost to intelligence DeepSeek V3.2 scores 66 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; a substantial intelligence uplift over DeepSeek V3.2-Exp (+9 points) released in September 2025. DeepSeek has switched its main API endpoint to V3.2, with no pricing change from the V3.2 Exp pricing - this puts pricing at just $0.28/$0.42 per 1M input/output tokens, with 90% off for cached input tokens. Since the original DeepSeek V3 release ~11 moths ago in late December 2024, DeepSeek’s V3 architecture with 671B total/37B active parameters has seen them go from a model scoring a 32 to scoring a 66 in Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. DeepSeek has also released V3.2-Speciale, a reasoning-only variant with enhanced capabilities but significantly higher token usage. This is a common tradeoff in reasoning models, where more enhanced reasoning generally yields higher intelligence scores and more output tokens. V3.2-Speciale is available via DeepSeek's first-party API until December 15.
Tycologics
3d
DeepSeek’s progress is incredible — 66 AAII is a massive leap forward!
Julia White
2d
Strong update. The intelligence gains and stable pricing make this a notable release.
Hyperstack
3d
Impressive trajectory. The intelligence gains in under a year are wild 👏
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