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DeepSeek V3.2

685B MoE with DeepSeek Sparse Attention. IMO gold medal. #2 by volume on OpenRouter.

🇨🇳 DeepSeek·License MIT·Context 125k tokens·Output December 2025← Catalog

01What it can do

Strengths
  • IMO gold medal
  • #2 volume OpenRouter
  • MIT
Limitations to know
  • —410+ GB in Q4
Architecture
MoE 685B/37B active · DeepSeek Sparse Attention · MIT
Training
V3 successor with DSA for reduced memory usage.
Ideal for
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04Install

Install Ollama for your OS. Check the model and its quantization before downloading. Start with 4096 tokens of context, then check placement with ollama ps. A command below is not proof that a test was run on your machine.

$# HuggingFace : deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2 (alternative locale : ollama run deepseek-v3:671b)
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First download: between 2 and 40 GB depending on the selected quantization. Plan for sufficient disk space; a stable connection is recommended. Subsequent launches are instant.

02Required memory

Approximate GPU VRAM required to run this model, including 4k tokens of context overhead. For a longer context, add ~1 GB per 8k-token increment.

Q4_K_M
The lightest, ~5% loss
410 GB
Q5_K_M
Good quality/size compromise
490 GB
Q8_0
Nearly indistinguishable from FP16
735 GB
FP16
Full precision — server use
1370 GB
Fallback CPU · If you don't have a GPU, allow 512 GB of RAM minimum to run this model at reduced speed.

What hardware do you need for DeepSeek V3.2?

To run DeepSeek V3.2 locally with Q4 quantization, you need about 410 GB of VRAM. An option to compare: BOSGAME M5 128GB / 2TB (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) — this model exceeds this mini-PC's GPU capacity: choose a smaller model or suitable infrastructure.

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03Expected speed

Tokens generated per second in Q4_K_M, 4k context. Beyond 20 t/s, reading is comfortable. Below 10 t/s, that's just for testing.

Entry-level
~1t/s
GTX 1650, RX 6600, MBA M2 8GB
Mid-range
~5t/s
RTX 4060, 4070, MBP M3 Pro
High-end
~15t/s
RTX 4090, M4 Max, Radeon 7900