Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3- Released
- Dec 26, 2024
- Version
- DeepSeek-V3
- License
- Unknown
DeepSeekV3
DeepSeek-V3 is an open-weight language model published by DeepSeek.
- Token context
- 164K tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Released
- Dec 26, 2024
Providers & Pricing
Estimate workload cost →| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DeepinfraAvailable | $0.32 | $0.89 | — | — | Oct 19, 2026 | Provider-reported |
 OpenrouterAvailable | $0.2574 | $1.0287 | — | — | Aug 29, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Benchmarks
All benchmark results →| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-10-15-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,332.46 | — | 21,770 | deepseek-v3; 95% CI [1327.72698428, 1337.19353550]; votes 21770; rank 224unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Token context
- 164K tokens
- Maximum output
- Unknown
- Total parameters
- 684.5B
- Active parameters
- 37B
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not reported
Interface and Access
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- API available
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Reasoning
- No
- Vision
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Capabilities
- chat, generation
This page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.
Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasesdeepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3, deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
Explicit Unknowns
- Maximum output
- Knowledge cutoff
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 developer model repositoryDeepSeek · observed Aug 28, 2026deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 README.md at e815299b0bcbDeepSeek · observed Aug 28, 2026Deepinfra catalogDeepinfra · observed Oct 19, 2026OpenRouter deepseek/deepseek-chat model APIOpenRouter · observed Aug 29, 2026deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 Hugging Face inference-provider mappingHugging Face · observed Aug 28, 2026deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 config.json at e815299b0bcbDeepSeek · observed Aug 28, 2026deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 immutable Hub API metadataDeepSeek · observed Aug 28, 2026Introducing DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek · observed Aug 28, 2026deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 tokenizer_config.json at e815299b0bcbDeepSeek · observed Aug 28, 2026Hugging Face catalogHugging Face · observed Sep 2, 2026
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Questions
DeepSeek V3 FAQs
What is DeepSeek V3?+
DeepSeek-V3 is an open-weight language model published by DeepSeek. It is developed by DeepSeek and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does DeepSeek V3 support?+
DeepSeek V3's current record lists Text as input and Text as output.
How much context does DeepSeek V3 support?+
The current record lists a 164K-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is DeepSeek V3 available through an API?+
DeepSeek V3 is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Deepinfra, Hugging Face, and Openrouter.
How large is DeepSeek V3?+
The current record lists 684.5B total parameters and 37B active parameters. Its architecture is DeepseekV3ForCausalLM.
What capabilities and tasks does DeepSeek V3 support?+
DeepSeek V3's recorded capabilities are chat and generation. Its supported tasks are text.
How much does DeepSeek V3 cost through an API?+
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to DeepSeek V3 are $0.2574 per million input tokens through Openrouter and $0.89 per million output tokens through Deepinfra. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.
Can DeepSeek V3 be self-hosted?+
DeepSeek V3 is an open-weight model. Self-hosting is supported, with no license recorded.
Does DeepSeek V3 have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.
Which models can DeepSeek V3 be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes Sonar Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash Base, DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3.2, and Llama 3.1 405B. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →