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DeepSeek

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek chat model for instruction following, coding, and analysis

Model facts

Context window
164K tokens
Maximum output
8K tokens
Cheapest paid input
$0.32 per 1M tokens
Cheapest paid output
$0.89 per 1M tokens
Open weights
yes
Providers
12

Capabilities and modalities

tool calling, structured output, temperature control, open weights, text.

Local hardware estimate

At 4K context: Q4_K_M 419.9 GiB, Q8_0 738.7 GiB, F16 1336.4 GiB working memory.

Parameters
684.5 billion
Architecture
deepseekv3
Model license

Planning estimate adapted from the MIT-licensed whichllm estimator using metadata from Hugging Face; not a vendor minimum requirement.

Artificial Analysis benchmarks

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ConfigurationAAICodingMathOutput tokens/s
Dec '2414.223.026.0not measured

Observed price history

  • 2026-08-24: $0.32 input / $0.89 output per 1M tokens

API providers

  • iFlow — model id deepseek-v3; free input / free output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Deep Infra — model id deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3; $0.32 input / $0.89 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Eden AI — model id deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3; $0.32 input / $0.89 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • D.Run (China) — model id public/deepseek-v3; $0.28 input / $1.1 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Pioneer — model id deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3; $0.27 input / $1.12 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Alibaba (China) — model id deepseek-v3; $0.287 input / $1.15 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Hugging Face — model id deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3; $0.4 input / $1.3 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Helicone — model id deepseek-v3; $0.56 input / $1.68 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Merge Gateway — model id deepseek/deepseek-v3; $0.58 input / $1.68 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Together AI — model id deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3; $1.25 input / $1.25 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • DigitalOcean — model id deepseek-v3; not published input / not published output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Qiniu — model id deepseek-v3; not published input / not published output per 1M tokens; provider documentation