# Claude Instant vs DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale

> DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has enough public results to be ranked (#159); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-instant-vs-deepseek-v3-2-speciale
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads 32.1 to 18.8.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude Instant | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 39.1 |
| Rank | — | 159 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.58 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.68 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude Instant: —
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 39.9 (#136)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | — | 46.7% |
| HumanEval+ | 50.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude Instant: 18.8
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 32.1 (#65)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 52.6% |
| DTBench | 45.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude Instant: —
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 86.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude Instant: —
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 86.3% | — |
| MMLU | 73.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 78.9% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude Instant: —
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 46.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1276 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude Instant better than DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has enough public results to be ranked (#159); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Claude Instant and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Instant has 7 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has 3.