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DeepSeek V3 0324 vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

DeepSeek V3 0324 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
DeepSeek V3 0324
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.19$21.00 DeepSeek V3 0324
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.87$168.00 DeepSeek V3 0324
Cache Read (per 1M)$95000.00N/A DeepSeek V3 0324
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, DeepSeek V3 0324 is 99% cheaper overall.

DeepSeek V3 0324 Providers

Chutes $0.19 (Cheapest)
ModelRun $0.20
DeepInfra $0.20
AtlasCloud $0.22
SiliconFlow $0.25

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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DeepSeek V3 0324 Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
16.451.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
16.448.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
26.099.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
75.287.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
55.790.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
35.988.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
55.1--
AIME
Competition math
25.3--
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

DeepSeek V3 0324
163,840
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 59% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s98.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s43.29s
GPT-5.2 Pro responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedMar 2025Dec 2025

DeepSeek V3 0324 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

DeepSeek V3 0324 has cheaper input pricing at $0.19/M tokens. DeepSeek V3 0324 has cheaper output pricing at $0.87/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to DeepSeek V3 0324's score of 16.4.
DeepSeek V3 0324 has a 163,840 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
DeepSeek V3 0324 does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.