DeepSeek V3

Dec 2024
DeepSeek V3
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$0.02per task?
$0.28 / $0.42per 1M in / outcache $0.028
63 tok/sfirst token in 0.9 s?
128Kcontext

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1DeepSeek V356.5

Strong at

C
Coding#75 of 132Agents & work tasks#122 of 175Tool calling#178 of 242Reasoning#329 of 334Science#243 of 312Long context#219 of 273Knowledge#179 of 318Instructions#184 of 245

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Fits on✗ 8 GB (phone, laptop)✗ 16 GB✗ 24 GB GPU✗ 48 GB GPU✗ 80 GB GPU
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Benchmarks

in Chat & Knowledge
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.28.5#238
AA Omniscience Index-41.7#180
AA Omniscience · Accuracy25.5#108
AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate90#251
Humanity's Last Exam2.9#332
GPQA Diamond55.7#246
AA-LCR (long context) 1.129.3#221
IFBench (instructions)34.8#186
CritPt (physics)0#180
GDP.pdf · AA all-pass0.8#122
AIME 2025 · AA archived26#109
AIME 2024 pass@1lab39.2
GPQA Diamond pass@1lab59.1
MATH-500 pass@1lab90.2
MMLU pass@1lab88.5
MMLU-Pro · official boardlab75.9

FAQ

How much does DeepSeek V3 cost?›

$0.28 per 1M input tokens and $0.42 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.028 per 1M. A typical benchmark task costs about $0.02 at default effort.

Is DeepSeek V3 free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.28 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is DeepSeek V3, and what is it best at?›

#329 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #75 of 132 in Coding, #117 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #102 of 195 in Writing & Language, #122 of 133 in Vision & Documents.

How can I use DeepSeek V3?›

Through the API of DeepInfra, Novita.

What is the context window of DeepSeek V3?›

128K tokens, with up to 8K output tokens.

When was DeepSeek V3 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-12-26. It has been superseded by DeepSeek V3.1.

Is DeepSeek V3 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open.

Can I run DeepSeek V3 locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

Can DeepSeek V3 read images?›

No, it accepts text only.

What is DeepSeek V3?›

DeepSeek V3 is an open-weights language model from DeepSeek, released Dec 2024.