DeepSeek V3
The predecessor to DeepSeek V4. Extremely cost-effective and still a strong performer for its price.
Specifications
| Lab | DeepSeek |
|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens |
| Input price | $0.27/1M |
| Output price | $1.10/1M |
| Release | Dec 2024 |
Strengths
- Very cheap
- Open-weight
- Strong for its price tier
- Good coding
Weaknesses
- Behind V4 on reasoning
- Occasional Chinese training bias
Best for
- Budget deployments
- Self-hosting
- High-volume simple tasks
In Depth: DeepSeek V3
Summary
DeepSeek V3 is an AI model from DeepSeek.
Released in Dec 2024. It currently appears in the Overall category on LMRank. It takes text input and produces text output, with a context window of 128K tokens. Input pricing is $0.27 per 1M tokens and output is $1.10 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter.