LLM Reference

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B Instruct

Released
2023-11-13
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 105d ago
Open weightsCommercial use: permittedCoding

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B Instruct is a released coding model with open-weight; evaluate it while provider pricing coverage matures.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating coding
  • Workloads that can use a 16k context window

Do not use it for

  • Cost-sensitive launches that need sourced token pricing
  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
  • Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Specifications
Released
2023-11-13
Context
16k
Parameters
1.3B
Architecture
Decoder Only
Knowledge cutoff
2023-03
Specialization
code
Openness
Open weights
License
DeepSeek LicenseCommercial use: permitted
Weights
Available
Code
Unknown
Training
Fine-tuned
Created by

Advancing artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Founded 2023
Website
Pricing

No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.

About

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B Instruct is DeepSeek's DeepSeek Coder model focused on code generation and software engineering. Weights are openly available for self-hosting.

Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks

Coding

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

No tracked provider token pricing is available for this model yet.

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

Benchmark peer barsfor Coding

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.