DeepSeek V3

by DeepSeekdeepseek/deepseek-chat

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  • Released
  • Knowledge cutoff 31 July 2024

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DeepSeek V3 at a glance

Context length
163,840 tokens
Maximum output
16,000 tokens
Accepts
Text
Returns
Text
Features
JSON outputTool calling
Reasoning effort levels
Not supported
Released
26 Dec 2024
Knowledge cutoff
31 July 2024

Model facts synced from the OpenRouter model list on 21 Oct 2026.

DeepSeek V3 pricing by route

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Prices of DeepSeek V3 on each route
RouteOn LLMCompareInputper 1M tokensOutputper 1M tokensPrice verified onSource
OpenRouterDefaultNot configured$0.2574$1.03openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-chat

The cost shown in an LLMCompare report is calculated from these prices as they were at the time of the run.

Cost calculator

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Cost per call
$0.00077
1 credits
Cost of 100 calls
$0.0772
100 credits

Calculated from the OpenRouter prices verified on 21 Oct 2026. Credits are the cost plus a 20% service fee, at $0.001 per credit, rounded up for each call, with a minimum of 1 per call. A real run is charged for the usage the provider reports.

Parameters you can set

These are the parameters LLMCompare can set when it calls the model through OpenRouter.

Parameters of DeepSeek V3
ParameterTypeRange or optionsDefault
temperatureNumber0 to 2in steps of 0.1Provider default
top_pNumber0 to 1in steps of 0.05Provider default
max_tokensInteger1 to 16,000Provider default
seedInteger-2,147,483,648 to 4,294,967,295Provider default
response_formatOne oftextjson_objectProvider default

About DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations...

Description as published for this model. LLMCompare has not edited it.

Models to compare with DeepSeek V3

Text models from the same provider and models at the nearest price. The order is not a ranking.

Models to compare with DeepSeek V3
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DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeekdeepseek/deepseek-v3.1-terminus164k147k$0.27$1.00JSONToolsNo route yet
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeekdeepseek/deepseek-v4-pro1.05M384k$0.4225$0.8449ReasoningJSONToolsCacheNo route yet
DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeekdeepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1164k32.8k$0.25$0.95JSONToolsCacheNo route yet
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingQwenqwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinking262k236k$0.29$1.00JSONToolsVisionNo route yet
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Beam 1.0 501B A23BReflectionreflection/beam-1.0-501b-a23b1.05M944k$0.30$1.00ReasoningJSONToolsCacheNo route yet

Questions about DeepSeek V3

How much does DeepSeek V3 cost?
On the OpenRouter route, DeepSeek V3 costs $0.2574 per 1 million input tokens and $1.03 per 1 million output tokens, in US dollars. LLMCompare verified this price on 21 Oct 2026.
What is the context length of DeepSeek V3?
DeepSeek V3 has a context length of 163,840 tokens and returns up to 16,000 output tokens in one call.
What inputs does DeepSeek V3 accept?
DeepSeek V3 accepts these inputs: Text. DeepSeek V3 returns: Text.
Can I test DeepSeek V3 on my own data?
Not yet. LLMCompare lists the prices and parameters of DeepSeek V3, but no route to DeepSeek V3 is configured on LLMCompare, so it cannot be selected for an evaluation.