Compare Seed OSS 36B Instruct from bytedance and DeepSeek V3.2 Exp from DeepSeek on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.


Seed OSS 36B Instruct and DeepSeek V3.2 Exp are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.
Seed OSS 36B Instruct, from bytedance, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp, from DeepSeek, has a 163,840-token context window and is priced at $0.27/M tokens input, $0.41/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
| Seed OSS 36B Instruct | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | Pricing varies by provider | $0.27/M tokens |
| Output price | Pricing varies by provider | $0.41/M tokens |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 163,840 tokens |
| Intelligence Index | 12.1 | 16.6 |
| Coding Index | Not available | Not available |
| Agentic Index | Not available | Not available |
| Latency (p50) | Not available | 7.32 s |
| Throughput (p50) | Not available | 7.0 tok/s |
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has the longer context window at 163,840 tokens, compared with 131,072 tokens for Seed OSS 36B Instruct.