Aion 3.0 Mini vs DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
Prices checked
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale takes 3 of 5 rounds against Aion 3.0 Mini. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.31 per million tokens against $0.87.
Aion 3.0 Mini
131k context · tool calling
$0.87/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · $0.50 per 1,000 pages
DeepSeekWins 3 roundsDeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
128k context · open weights
$0.31/M tokensCheapest price, at GMI Cloud · $0.19 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.70/M
$0.58/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$1.40/M
$1.68/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
$0.31/M at GMI Cloud
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.87/M
$0.85/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.50
$0.19
Context
131k tokens
128k tokens
Open weights
no
yes
Tool calling
yes
no
Structured output
no
not published
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
14 May 2026
1 Dec 2025
Providers selling it
7
4
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
Azure AI Foundry
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not published
Providers selling both · 0
No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Aion 3.0 Mini or DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale?
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, at $0.31 per million tokens against $0.87 for Aion 3.0 Mini, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 7 Nov 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Aion 3.0 Mini: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.87 is the number to beat. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: $0.31 at GMI Cloud.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts and two bills.
- Which holds more context?
- Aion 3.0 Mini, at 131k tokens against 128k.
Prices exclude tax, read 7 Nov 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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