LLM Reference

DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat

Released
2024-05-16
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 60d ago
Open weightsCommercial use: permitted

DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat is worth evaluating for general LLM work when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating general LLM work
  • Workloads that can use a 32k 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
2024-05-16
Context
32k
Parameters
16B
Architecture
Mixture of Experts
Specialization
general
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
$0.200
Input / 1M
$0.200

Cheapest of 1 route · Fireworks AI

About

DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat is DeepSeek's DeepSeek V2 model. It offers a 32K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting.

DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat is an open-weight model in the DeepSeek V2 family. The structured metadata tracks a 32k-token context window. This page tracks provider routes through Fireworks AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.2 input and $0.2 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat yet.

Top use-case fit

No primary decision-task fit is mapped for this model yet.

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$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 V2 Lite Chat?

DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat has a context window of 32k tokens.

How much does DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat cost?

DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat is available at $0.2/1M input tokens through Fireworks AI.

When was DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat released?

DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat was released on 2024-05-16.

Which providers offer DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat?

DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat is available from 1 provider: Fireworks AI.