DeepSeek V2 Chat
Released
2024-05-06
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 105d ago
Open weightsCommercial use: permittedLong context
DeepSeek V2 Chat is a released long context model with open-weight and 128k context; evaluate it while provider pricing coverage matures.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating long context
- Workloads that can use a 128k 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
- Family
- DeepSeek V2
- Released
- 2024-05-06
- Context
- 128k
- Parameters
- 236B
- Architecture
- Mixture of Experts
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open weights
- License
- DeepSeek LicenseCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Available
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Fine-tuned
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Pricing
No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.
About
DeepSeek V2 Chat is DeepSeek's DeepSeek V2 model. It offers a 128K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting.
Top use-case fit
Long context
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 Long context
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.