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DeepSeek V3.2 vs o4 Mini
List-price comparison · DeepSeek V3.2 details · o4 Mini details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), DeepSeek V3.2 costs 87% less — $41.18/mo vs $308.00/mo.
| DeepSeek V3.2 | o4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.229 | $1.10 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0.343 | $4.40 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0004 | $0.0031 |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 200k tokens |
| Max output | 64k tokens | 100k tokens |
| Tier | Balanced | Balanced |
| Provider | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
Projected monthly cost
1,000 requests / month$0.4118 vs $3.0810,000 requests / month$4.12 vs $30.80100,000 requests / month$41.18 vs $308.00
Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.
DeepSeek V3.2
Extremely competitive coding and reasoning benchmarks at a fraction of commercial-API pricing — strong default for cost-sensitive batch workloads.
Open-weight hosting means latency and uptime vary by inference provider (DeepInfra, Fireworks, etc.) — pin a provider or add fallbacks for production SLAs.
o4 Mini
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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.