Which is better for coding — DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Gemini 3 Flash?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Gemini 3 Flash?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper for input: $0.27 per 1M tokens vs $0.50.

Which has a larger context window — DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Gemini 3 Flash?

Gemini 3 Flash supports a larger context: 1,048,576 tokens vs 163,840.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Gemini 3 Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp	Gemini 3 Flash
Company	DeepSeek	Google
Release Date	September 28, 2025	December 16, 2025
Parameters	685B	—
Multimodal	No	Yes
Context (input)	164K	1.0M
Context (output)	66K	66K
Input Price / 1M	$0.27	$0.50
Output Price / 1M	$0.41	$3.00
Average Score	0.8	0.9
Benchmarks
AIME 2025	0.9	1.0
GPQA	0.8	0.9

Visual Benchmark Comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Gemini 3 Flash

AIME 20250.9 vs 1.0

0.9

1.0

GPQA0.8 vs 0.9

0.8

0.9

Verdict

Gemini 3 Flash leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp — 0.8, Gemini 3 Flash — 0.9.

API Cost

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is 5.1x cheaper: input $0.27/1M vs $0.50/1M tokens.

Context Window

Gemini 3 Flash supports a larger context: 1M vs 164K tokens.

Recency

Gemini 3 Flash is newer: released 12/16/2025 vs 9/28/2025.

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DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

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Gemini 3 Flash

Google — specs, benchmarks, API

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