DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct
DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 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
- Family
- DeepSeek Coder V2
- Released
- 2024-06-17
- Context
- 128k
- Parameters
- 16B
- 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
Cheapest of 2 routes · Fireworks AI
About
DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 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.
DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct is an open-weight model in the DeepSeek Coder V2 family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window. This page tracks provider routes through Fireworks AI and Novita AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.12 input and $0.36 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct yet.
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 all 2Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $0.200 | $0.200 | 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.
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct?
DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct has a context window of 128k tokens.
How much does DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct cost?
DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct pricing ranges from $0.12/1M to $0.2/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct released?
DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct was released on 2024-06-17.
Which providers offer DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct?
DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct is available from 2 providers: Fireworks AI, Novita AI.
Cheapest of 2 routes · Fireworks AI