LLM Reference

DeepSeek Coder V2 Instruct

Released
2024-06-17
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 106d ago
Open weightsCommercial use: permittedCodingLong context

DeepSeek Coder V2 Instruct is worth evaluating for coding and long context when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating coding and long context
  • Workloads that can use a 128k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
  • Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Specifications
Released
2024-06-17
Context
128k
Parameters
236B
Architecture
Mixture of Experts
Knowledge cutoff
2023-11
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
Output / 1M
$1.20
Input / 1M
$1.20

Cheapest of 1 route · Fireworks AI

About

DeepSeek Coder V2 Instruct is DeepSeek's DeepSeek Coder V2 model focused on code generation and software engineering. It offers a 128K-token context window with weights 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.

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
Fireworks AI$1.20$1.20
Serverless

Available via routers & gateways(1)

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.