DeepSeek V3 0324
DeepSeek V3 0324 is worth evaluating for coding, agents, and long context when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding, agents, and long context
- Workloads that can use a 160k context window
- Buyers comparing 3 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
- Family
- DeepSeek V3
- Released
- 2025-03-24
- Context
- 160k
- Parameters
- 671B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- MITOSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Training
- Pretrained
Cheapest of 3 routes · Novita AI
About
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 available via OpenRouter. Pricing: $0.2/1M input, $0.77/1M output.
DeepSeek V3 0324 is an open-source model in the DeepSeek V3 family. The structured metadata tracks a 160k-token context window. This page tracks provider routes through Fireworks AI, Microsoft Foundry, and Novita AI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.27 input and $1.12 output per 1M tokens. Headline tracked benchmarks include HumanEval 85.5, Aider Polyglot 55.1, and Google-Proof Q&A 87.6.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
Q/$ C3 relevant benchmarks in the decision map.
Agents
Q/$ B1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 3Compare API pricing across 3 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novita AI | $0.270 | $1.12 | Serverless |
| Fireworks AI | $0.560 | $1.68 | Serverless |
| Microsoft Foundry | - | - | ServerlessProvisionedPartial |
Available via routers & gateways(6)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and guardrails; Apache 2.0 core is fully self-hostable with the complete feature set.
Azure AI Foundry Model Router
RouterMicrosoft Azure AI Foundry's native model router that uses a trained ML model to route each prompt in real time to the optimal Azure-hosted model, with Balanced/Cost/Quality mode selection and automatic failover.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache 2.0 open-source core with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Kong AI Gateway
GatewayMulti-LLM AI gateway built on Kong Gateway 3.x, adding semantic routing, load balancing, guardrails, and MCP traffic analytics as plugins over Kong's existing API management platform.
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Benchmark scores(4)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| HumanEval | 85.5 | 2025-03 | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19437 |
| Aider Polyglot | 55.1 | 2026-04 | https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards |
| Google-Proof Q&A | 87.6 | — | https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3/blob/main/DeepSeek_V3.pdf |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.8 | — | https://www.swebench.com/ |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Rankings & picks(2)
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of DeepSeek V3 0324?
DeepSeek V3 0324 has a context window of 160k tokens.
How much does DeepSeek V3 0324 cost?
DeepSeek V3 0324 pricing ranges from $0.27/1M to $0.56/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was DeepSeek V3 0324 released?
DeepSeek V3 0324 was released on 2025-03-24.
Which providers offer DeepSeek V3 0324?
DeepSeek V3 0324 is available from 3 providers: Fireworks AI, Microsoft Foundry, Novita AI.
What benchmarks has DeepSeek V3 0324 been tested on?
DeepSeek V3 0324 has been evaluated on 4 benchmarks, including HumanEval, Aider Polyglot, Google-Proof Q&A, SWE-bench Verified.
Cheapest of 3 routes · Novita AI