# DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) vs o4-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) and o4-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-2-thinking-vs-o4-mini
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) and o4-mini.

## Summary

- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) and o4-mini do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | o4-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 2 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.55 / $2.19 | $1.10 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: 30.5 (Estimated · #94/150)
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 5.11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 97.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: 67.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DROP | Coming soon | 77.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: 66.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: 83.9 (#53/148)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 93.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) and o4-mini on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) vs DeepSeek V3.2](/compare/deepseek-v3-2-vs-deepseek-v3-2-thinking)
- [o4-mini vs DeepSeek V3.2](/compare/deepseek-v3-2-vs-o4-mini)
- [DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) vs o4-mini (high)](/compare/deepseek-v3-2-thinking-vs-o4-mini-high)
- [o4-mini vs o4-mini (high)](/compare/o4-mini-vs-o4-mini-high)

## Explore More

- [DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) profile](/models/deepseek-v3-2-thinking)
- [o4-mini profile](/models/o4-mini)
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