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Figure 48: DeepSeek V3.2 · diagram by Sebastian Raschka · click to zoom
Sparse MoEDeepSeek 🇨🇳 · December 1, 2025

DeepSeek V3.2 (671B)

DeepSeek's successor keeps the V3 template but adds sparse attention to cut long-context costs.

Key detail

Adds sparse attention while retaining the DeepSeek V3-style MTP path.

Total params

671B

Active / token

37B

Context

128K

Fact sheet

Scale
671B total, 37B active (5.5% active)
Context window
128,000 tokens
Decoder type
Sparse MoE
Attention
MLA with DeepSeek Sparse Attention
Layer mix
61 MLA
KV cache / token (bf16)
68.6 KiB · Low
License
MIT License
Released

Efficiency

Parameters active per token

5.5%

37B of 671B weights run for each token.

KV cache per token (bf16)

68.6 KiB

Smaller than 55% of models in the atlas. How it’s calculated

AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2

Source

16

Scientific
6

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