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DeepSeek-V3.2 vs Granite 4.2 8B

DeepSeek · released

Wins 4 of 6 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents

IBM · released

Wins 1 of 6 areas

Following instructions

DeepSeek-V3.2 is the stronger all-rounder.Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper and better at following instructions.

Scores updated · 24 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

DeepSeek-V3.2$0.28 to read · $0.42 to write$0.70Price from Artificial Analysis
Granite 4.2 8B$0.06 to read · $0.25 to write$0.31Price from Artificial Analysis

Granite 4.2 8B costs 56% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.

Where DeepSeek-V3.2 pulls ahead

  • Fixes real GitHub issues in many programming languagesSWE-bench Multilingual+39.4points aheadDeepSeek-V3.270.2Granite 4.2 8B30.8
  • Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+28.4points aheadDeepSeek-V3.246.8Granite 4.2 8B18.4
  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+28.3points aheadDeepSeek-V3.273.3Granite 4.2 8B45

Where Granite 4.2 8B pulls ahead

  • Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+50.7points aheadGranite 4.2 8B68DeepSeek-V3.217.3
  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+18.6points aheadGranite 4.2 8B79.3DeepSeek-V3.260.7
  • Long, multi-file coding tasks in real codebasesSWE-bench Pro+3.5points aheadGranite 4.2 8B19.1DeepSeek-V3.215.6

Every test, side by side

All 24 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingDeepSeek-V3.2

Full coding ranking

AgentsDeepSeek-V3.2

Full agents ranking

ReasoningDeepSeek-V3.2

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

Long documentsDeepSeek-V3.2
  • AA-LCRDeepSeek-V3.2 by 28.373.345+28.3

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsGranite 4.2 8B
  • IFBenchGranite 4.2 8B by 18.660.779.3+18.6

Full following instructions ranking

Other results9 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, DeepSeek-V3.2 or Granite 4.2 8B?

DeepSeek-V3.2 wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning and long documents. Granite 4.2 8B wins following instructions, and costs 56% less. They are level on facts.

Which is better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2. It wins 5 of the 6 coding tests both models report; Granite 4.2 8B wins 1.

Which is cheaper?

DeepSeek-V3.2 costs $0.28 per million input tokens and $0.42 per million output tokens; Granite 4.2 8B costs $0.06 and $0.25. That makes Granite 4.2 8B about 56% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 24 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 15 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.

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