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DeepSeek V3.2 vs Llama 4 Maverick

DeepSeek V3.2 at $0.299 in and $0.437 out and Llama 4 Maverick at $0.230 in and $0.920 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

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DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek

0.18¢

for a client proposal

$0.299 in · $0.437 out / 1M

164K context · released December 2025

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Llama 4 Maverick

Meta

0.19¢

for a client proposal

$0.230 in · $0.920 out / 1M

1.05M context · released April 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.37¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

  • Cheapest input: Llama 4 Maverick at $0.230 per million tokens.
  • Cheapest output: DeepSeek V3.2 at $0.437 per million tokens.
  • Largest context: Llama 4 Maverick at 1.05M tokens — about 1,500 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out
DeepSeek V3.2
0.08¢
Llama 4 Maverick
0.09¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out
DeepSeek V3.2
0.18¢
Llama 4 Maverick
0.19¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out
DeepSeek V3.2
4.8¢
Llama 4 Maverick
3.9¢

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out
DeepSeek V3.2
1.1¢
Llama 4 Maverick
0.9¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out
DeepSeek V3.2
needs 250K ctx
Llama 4 Maverick
$0.06

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output
free$0.18$0.370 tokens250k500k750k1000k
DeepSeek V3.2
Llama 4 Maverick

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

DeepSeek V3.2
Llama 4 Maverick
Input / 1M tokens
$0.299
$0.230
Output / 1M tokens
$0.437
$0.920
Cached input / 1M
$0.149
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Specs

DeepSeek V3.2
Llama 4 Maverick
Provider
DeepSeek
Meta
Released
December 2025
April 2025
Context window
164K
1.05M
Max output
164K
16K
Input
Text
Text and Images
Output
Text
Text
Reasoning
Shows its thinking
Answers directly
Knowledge cutoff
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2024-08-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek

0.08¢

for this task

73% input · 27% output

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Llama 4 Maverick

Meta

0.09¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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All 2, same prompt and context: 0.17¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,879 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Llama 4 Maverick has the largest context window here — 1.05M tokens.

On price, DeepSeek V3.2 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.18¢.

For images or files, Llama 4 Maverick can read them directly; DeepSeek V3.2 is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, DeepSeek V3.2 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

DeepSeek V3.2 pricing →Llama 4 Maverick pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip PreviewAdd Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Llama 4 Maverick?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): DeepSeek V3.2 at 0.18¢; Llama 4 Maverick at 0.19¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Llama 4 Maverick — 1.05M tokens, about 1,500 pages.

Can I run DeepSeek V3.2 and Llama 4 Maverick side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.37¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.37¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.

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