deepseek-v3.2 deepseek-v3.2-speciale gpt-5-high sonnet-4.5 gemini-3-pro deepseek_ai lm-arena agentic-ai reinforcement-learning large-context-windows model-benchmarking model-performance multi-agent-systems model-training model-deployment suchenzang teortaxestex
DeepSeek launched the DeepSeek V3.2 family including Standard, Thinking, and Speciale variants with up to 131K context window and competitive benchmarks against GPT-5-High, Sonnet 4.5, and Gemini 3 Pro. The release features a novel Large Scale Agentic Task Synthesis Pipeline focusing on agentic behaviors and improvements in reinforcement learning post-training algorithms. The models are available on platforms like LM Arena with pricing around $0.28/$0.42 per million tokens. Community feedback is mixed, praising the frontier reasoning capabilities but critiquing the chat UI experience. Key figures include Susan Zhang and Teortaxes who provided commentary on the release.