DeepSeek-V3.2 is a large language model designed to harmonize high computational efficiency with strong reasoning and agentic tool-use performance. It introduces DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA), a fine-grained sparse attention mechanism tha…
Model details →DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 vs OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
gpt-oss-120b is an open-weight, 117B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model from OpenAI designed for high-reasoning, agentic, and general-purpose production use cases. It activates 5.1B parameters per forward pass and is optimize…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 164K | 131K | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.26 | $0.04 | 🏆 OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.38 | $0.19 | 🏆 OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 better than OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b?
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 and OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b?
Input: $0.26 vs $0.04 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.38 vs $0.19 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 and OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b support?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 supports up to 164K tokens. OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 and OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b support tool calling?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2: yes. OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b: yes.