Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
DeepSeek V3.2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 38 to 25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
DeepSeek V3.2's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 79.9 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 24.9% to 81%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Pick DeepSeek V3.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
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DeepSeek V3
42
DeepSeek V3.2
15.6
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DeepSeek V3
24.9
DeepSeek V3.2
79.9
DeepSeek V3
69.6
DeepSeek V3.2
70
Benchmark data for this category is coming soon.
Benchmark data for this category is coming soon.
DeepSeek V3
90.2
DeepSeek V3.2
83
DeepSeek V3.2 is ahead overall, 38 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 24.9% and 81%.
DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70 versus 69.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42 versus 15.6. DeepSeek V3.2 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 83. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 79.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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