DeepSeek V3.2 - NC Bench

deepseek/deepseek-v3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

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Release Date

Dec 1st, 2025

Context Size

163.8k

Reasoning

Yes

Benchmark Cost

$0.63

Speed

24.8 tok/s

Subcategories

Bad Writing Habits

Detects common prose quality anti-patterns in AI-generated creative writing, including passive voice, past progressive overuse, weak dialogue tags, filter words, purple prose, cliches, AI-ism words/adverbs/names, and more.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Detailed Writing Rules
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	85	79	79	79	76	79%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	87	85	82	81	79	83%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	86	85	82	82	77	82%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	85	82	81	80	79	82%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	88	85	82	80	79	83%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	84	84	82	82	80	83%
Detailed Writing Rules						81.89%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	78	76	71	71	71	73%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	83	80	79	78	78	80%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	82	82	74	73	70	76%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	84	78	75	72	70	76%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	83	80	80	74	72	78%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	81	80	79	75	74	78%
genre						76.72%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin Creative Writing Hallucination	79	74	73	70	69	73%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night Creative Writing Hallucination	83	79	78	77	75	78%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite Creative Writing Hallucination	81	80	80	79	76	79%
Mystery: examining a crime scene Creative Writing Hallucination	86	81	78	76	76	79%
Romance: separated couple reunites Creative Writing Hallucination	84	83	81	81	76	81%
Thriller: chase through city streets Creative Writing Hallucination	86	82	80	78	74	80%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						78.45%
79.02%

Codex Extraction

Evaluates a model's ability to extract structured codex entries (characters, locations, objects, lore) from prose passages and return them as well-formed XML.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Long: The Spire of Echoes (Dense) Tooling Reasoning	97	96	96	95	95	96%
Medium: The Hollow (Inferred) Tooling Reasoning	98	97	95	95	94	96%
Medium: Through the Thornveil (Scattered) Tooling Reasoning	97	97	96	95	93	96%
Short: The Rusty Lantern (Explicit) Tooling Reasoning	100	99	98	97	85	96%
95.69%

Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)

Tests whether models correctly report "no violations" when a codex is fully consistent with the prose passage. Models that hallucinate false violations (false positives) fail. Uses a 2×2 matrix of text length × codex size, with bare and detailed-entry variants.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
basic entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	26	26	6	5	3	3	3	3	2	1	8%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	42	30	29	28	17	17	13	5	5	4	19%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 entries) Hallucination	33	30	25	25	25	17	17	17	8	8	20%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 entries) Hallucination	50	29	29	28	28	25	25	17	17	7	25%
basic entries											18.14%
detailed entries
Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	50	27	26	25	25	10	7	3	1	0	17%
Long text (~1594 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	28	26	13	13	10	10	7	7	6	5	12%
Short text (~524 words), big codex (51 detailed entries) Hallucination	29	25	25	17	17	17	17	10	10	8	17%
Short text (~524 words), small codex (11 detailed entries) Hallucination	38	33	25	17	17	17	17	17	13	10	20%
detailed entries											16.87%
17.51%

Codex Violation Detection

Detects factual inconsistencies between a story bible and prose passages. The model must output structured XML identifying each violation with paragraph number and substring.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
matrix
Large codex (40 entries), long passage (1,019 words) Tooling Reasoning	98	83	80	80	77	75	75	73	72	71	78%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	98	92	91	87	87	85	85	81	80	56	84%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) Tooling Reasoning	84	84	84	80	80	80	76	70	66	66	77%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	93	92	98%
matrix											84.46%
tiers
5 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	91	91	91	91	91	96%
10 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	100	100	92	92	92	92	79	72	58	88%
20 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	100	97	97	97	85	85	85	81	81	77	89%
40 codex entries Tooling Reasoning	95	93	93	92	92	88	84	80	79	79	88%
tiers											89.90%
87.18%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
All valid emails Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Contextual pronoun Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Fruits excluding citrus Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Future event time Reasoning	100	100	100	100	50	50	50	50	50	50	70%
Guess the pet Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Highest-rated movie Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Indirect birth year Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	80%
What instrument does Lucy play? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the color of the car? Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the correct time? Reasoning	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
Who's the sister? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the tallest? Reasoning	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
88.33%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
dialogue-200
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue Rule Following Utility	99	92	50	50	50	48	38	14	10	1	45%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	49	47	43	38	34	34	22	18	7	34%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue Rule Following Utility	99	99	98	98	93	88	75	49	18	18	73%
dialogue-200											50.87%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue Rule Following Utility	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue Rule Following Utility	45	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue Rule Following Utility	16	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3%
dialogue-500											4.68%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
36.67%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Asking for directions (German) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (German) Language	100	0	0	0	0	20%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
80.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	92	98%
Character dialogue (German) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	92	98%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story Language	100	100	67	0	0	53%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
90.03%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each Utility	100	100	100	100	100	99	93	87	78	78	94%
Write sentences with 10 words each Utility	100	100	97	95	95	90	90	90	72	59	89%
Write sentences with 20 words each Utility	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
60.82%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
outline-count
Count acts Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count chapters Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count scenes Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	70%
outline-count											90.00%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia Utility	100	100	100	50	50	50	50	0	0	0	50%
Count point of views for Jack Harper Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count point of views for Olivia Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	80%
pov-count											76.67%
83.33%

Text Replacement

Tests deterministic text transformations: renaming characters/locations, expanding contractions, tense rewriting, POV shifts, gender swaps, combined transformations, and word avoidance. Scored by checking each expected change independently.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	Total
Generic Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Character rename: Elena->Mirabel, Gregor->Aldric Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Combined: 3rd person past → 1st person present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	100%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	97	97	96	96	96	95	94	96%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	96	96	93	89	88	87	85	91%
Generic Prompt								95.41%
Specific Prompt
Avoid said/asked/replied/answered Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Character rename: Elena->Mirabel, Gregor->Aldric Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Combined: 3rd person past → 1st person present Text Editing	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99%
Expand all contractions Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Location rename: market square, outer ring, bridge, northern mines Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Multi-character gender swap: Priya(F)->Rohan(M), Mara unchanged Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Passive voice → active voice Text Editing Hallucination	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	99%
POV shift: 3rd person to 1st person (Elena's perspective) Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Tense rewriting: past to present Text Editing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Specific Prompt								99.77%
97.59%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Create alternate prose sections Tooling	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100.00%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Multiple speakers Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	80%
Simple Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	50%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	50%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Rule Following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	70%
Unattributed dialogue Rule Following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
50.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
paragraphs
1 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
5 paragraph summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
paragraphs											100.00%
sentences
1 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
10 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
20 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	77	2	88%
50 sentence summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	27	0	0	73%
sentences											92.09%
words
10 word summary Utility	100	100	100	100	100	98	98	98	92	92	98%
20 word summary Utility	100	98	92	77	54	2	2	2	0	0	43%
50 word summary Utility	100	98	77	27	9	9	9	9	9	0	35%
100 word summary Utility	100	77	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21%
200 word summary Utility	100	54	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16%
words											42.32%
74.77%