model
DeepSeek-V3.2
Cost-effective open MoE model, but massive params still mean high inference costs
7.5Overall
Utility8
Onboarding7
Craft7
Niche fit8
Longevity7
Five dimensions scored independently; overall is a weighted average. Scores are only comparable within this same rubric.
Good for
Teams needing frontier model capabilities on a budget
Not for
Individual devs or latency-sensitive production
Project description
Open-source MoE model (685B params). Matches proprietary frontier on reasoning. MIT license. API at $0.27-0.55/M input tokens — cheapest frontier-level model.
Alternatives
GPT-4-turboClaude-3Mixtral