DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is an experimental large language model released by DeepSeek as an intermediate step between V3.1 and future architectures. It introduces DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA), a fine-grained sparse attention mechanism designed to improve training and inference efficiency in long-context scenarios while maintaining output quality. Users can control the reasoning behaviour with the `reasoning` `enabled` boolean. [Learn more in our docs](https://openrouter.ai/docs/use-cases/reasoning-tokens#enable-reasoning-with-default-config) The model was trained under conditions aligned with V3.1-Terminus to enable direct comparison. Benchmarking shows performance roughly on par with V3.1 across reasoning, coding, and agentic tool-use tasks, with minor tradeoffs and gains depending on the domain. This release focuses on validating architectural optimizations for extended context lengths rather than advancing raw task accuracy, making it primarily a research-oriented model for exploring efficient transformer designs.
Pricing per 1M Tokens
| Input (Prompt) | $0.27 |
| Output (Completion) | $0.41 |
| Cache Read | Free |
| Cache Write | Free |
| Image | N/A |
Specifications
| Context Length | 164K |
| Max Output Tokens | 66K |
| Input Modalities | Text |
| Output Modalities | Text |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek |
| Instruct Type | deepseek-v3.1 |
| Top Provider Context | 164K |
| Top Provider Max Output | 66K |
| Moderated | No |
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Last updated: March 23, 2026
First tracked: March 23, 2026