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DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs DeepSeek R1

List-price comparison ·DeepSeek V3.2 Exp details ·DeepSeek R1 details

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is the cheapest — 67% less than the priciest here ($48.80/mo vs $146.00/mo).

 DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek R1
Input / 1M tokens$0.270$0.500
Output / 1M tokens$0.410$2.15
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0005$0.0015
Context window163,840 tokens163,840 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens32,768 tokens
Quality score87/10084/100
TierBalancedFlagship
ProviderDeepSeekDeepSeek

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moDeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek R1
1,000$0.488$1.46
10,000$4.88$14.60
100,000$48.80$146.00
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DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

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DeepSeek R1

Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.

Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.

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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.