DeepSeek V3 Base
Released
2024-12-26
Last refreshed
2026-05-22
Status
Researched 13d ago
ProprietaryLong context
DeepSeek V3 Base has model metadata, but missing tracked provider pricing keeps it from being a default production pick.
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 V3
- Released
- 2024-12-26
- Context
- 128k
- Parameters
- 671B total, 37B active (MoE)
- Architecture
- Mixture of Experts
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2024-07
- Specialization
- general
- Training
- finetuned
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 a proprietary 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.
Rankings & picks(5)
Comparison and alternatives
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