Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is a high-compute variant of DeepSeek-V3.2 with 685 billion total parameters, made available for a limited period in December 2025. It was released without tool-calling support but demonstrated exceptional reasoning performance, achieving gold-medal results in the 2025 IMO and IOI competitions. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale targets research and benchmarking use cases requiring maximum reasoning capability under an MIT license.
OpenAI
GPT-5.3 Codex, released by OpenAI in February 2026, is a coding-specialized large language model from the GPT-5.3 family. It targets software engineering workflows including automated code generation, test writing, and agentic multi-file editing, built on the incremental improvements of the GPT-5.3 generation.
2 months newer

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
DeepSeek
2025-12

GPT-5.3 Codex
OpenAI
2026-02
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
DeepSeek
GPT-5.3 Codex
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
GPT-5.3 Codex
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
GPT-5.3 Codex