Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2 leads with 23.5% higher average benchmark score. o4 mini offers 164.0K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2. DeepSeek-V3.2 is $4.13 cheaper per million tokens. o4 mini supports multimodal inputs. Overall, DeepSeek-V3.2 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2, released by DeepSeek on December 1, 2025, is a large language model with 685 billion total parameters featuring integrated thinking in tool-use and support for both reasoning and direct generation modes. It features a 128K token context window and introduced large-scale agent training across 1,800+ environments. DeepSeek-V3.2 targets agentic workflows, complex instruction following, and coding tasks under an open MIT license.
OpenAI
OpenAI o4 mini, released by OpenAI in April 2025, is a compact reasoning model from the o4 family that combines multimodal understanding with efficient chain-of-thought processing. It features a 200K token context window and native image understanding, with strong performance on mathematics and coding benchmarks relative to its inference cost. o4 mini targets cost-sensitive applications requiring both visual reasoning and mathematical accuracy.
7 months newer

o4 mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16

DeepSeek-V3.2
DeepSeek
2025-12-01
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
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Available providers and their performance metrics
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