DeepSeek V3 Base
DeepSeek V3 Base is a released long context model with open-source 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
- Family
- DeepSeek V3
- Released
- 2024-12-26
- Context
- 128k
- Parameters
- 671B total, 37B active (MoE)
- Architecture
- Mixture of Experts
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2024-07
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- MITOSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Unknown
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Fine-tuned
No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.
About
DeepSeek V3 Base is DeepSeek's DeepSeek V3 model. It offers a 128K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting.
DeepSeek V3 Base is an open-source model in the DeepSeek V3 family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window. No headline benchmark score is tracked for DeepSeek V3 Base yet.
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.
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Comparison and alternatives
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What is the context window of DeepSeek V3 Base?
DeepSeek V3 Base has a context window of 128k tokens.
When was DeepSeek V3 Base released?
DeepSeek V3 Base was released on 2024-12-26.