Side-by-side comparison of DeepSeek V3.2 (DeepSeek · China) and Qwen 2.5 (Alibaba · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. DeepSeek V3.2 is rated conditional; Qwen 2.5 is conditional. They part ways on licence: DeepSeek V3.2 is "MIT", Qwen 2.5 is "Apache 2.0".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional 685B successor to V3 with DeepSeek Sparse Attention for long context, scalable RL for agentic tasks. Vendor claims parity with GPT-5 (Speciale variant exceeds). MIT licence keeps weights clean; Chinese-origin considerations unchanged. | Conditional Legally clean under Apache 2.0, but Chinese origin raises supply-chain and geopolitical questions. Vet carefully for sensitive use cases. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | MIT | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | China | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 32/100 | 16/100 |
| Speed | 32 tok/s | 55 tok/s |
| Blended price | $0.32/M | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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