LLM Reference

DeepSeek V3 Base

Released
2024-12-26
Last refreshed
2026-05-22
Status
Researched 103d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permittedLong context

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
Specifications
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
Created by
DeepSeekDeepSeek

Advancing artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Founded 2023
Website
Pricing

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.

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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