DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) vs DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) and DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 both come from DeepSeek, DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) was released in November 2025, and DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 followed 9 months later in August 2026. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is the larger model at roughly 1.6 trillion parameters, against 685 billion for DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking).
The two models share 2 published benchmarks. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 leads on 2 of them. The widest gaps are on Toolathlon, where DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 scores 74.0% against 35.2%; Humanity's Last Exam, where DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 scores 60.0% against 25.1%. Averaged across everything we track, DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) sits at 68.5% and DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 at 60.6%.
DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) is the cheaper API at $0.28 per million input tokens and $0.42 per million output tokens, roughly 5 times cheaper than DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 at $1.32 and $3.96. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 131K for DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking).
| Characteristic | DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
| Release Date | November 30, 2025 | August 13, 2026 |
| Parameters | 685B | 1.6T |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Context (input) | 131K | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 66K | 393K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.28 | $1.32 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.42 | $3.96 |
| Average Score | 68.5% | 60.6% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Toolathlon | 35.2% | 74.0% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 25.1% | 60.0% |
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Verdict
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) — 0.7, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 — 0.6.
DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) is 7.5x cheaper: input $0.28/1M vs $1.32/1M tokens.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 supports a larger context: 1M vs 131K tokens.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is newer: released 8/13/2026 vs 11/30/2025.
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