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DeepSeek V3
by DeepSeek
A highly cost-effective open-source model from China that disrupted the market with competitive performance at a fraction of the cost.
Technical Specifications
Parameters
671B (37B active MoE)
Context Window
128K tokens
Category
Open Source
Released
December 2024
Pricing Tier
Free/Paid
Capabilities
Text Code Reasoning Multilingual
Pricing Details
Open-weight (MIT license). API: $0.27/M input, $1.10/M output tokens.
Pros
- Extremely cost-effective API pricing
- Strong coding and math performance
- MIT license for commercial use
- Efficient MoE architecture
Cons
- Data privacy concerns (Chinese company)
- Limited multimodality
- Smaller ecosystem
- Variable API availability
Best Use Cases
Budget-conscious AI applications
Code generation
Mathematical reasoning
Open-source deployment
Quick Info
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