LLM Reference

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus

Released
2025-09-22
Last refreshed
2026-06-29
Status
Researched 42d ago
Open weightsCommercial use: permittedRAGLong contextClassificationJSON / Tool use

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
  • Workloads that can use a 164k context window
  • Buyers comparing 4 tracked provider routes

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Family
DeepSeek
Released
2025-09-22
Context
164k
Parameters
671B total, 37B active (MoE)
Architecture
Decoder Only
Specialization
general
Openness
Open weights
License
DeepSeek LicenseCommercial use: permitted
Created by

Advancing artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Founded 2023
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$0.790
Input / 1M
$0.210

Cheapest of 4 routes · OpenRouter

About

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus available via OpenRouter. Pricing: $0.21/1M input, $0.79/1M output.

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus is an open-weight model in the DeepSeek family. The structured metadata tracks structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, and 1 more, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.21 input and $0.79 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus yet.

Top use-case fit

RAG

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare all 4

Compare API pricing across 4 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCacheRoute
OpenRouter$0.210$0.790-
Serverless
Novita AI$0.270$1.00-
Serverless
Vercel AI Gateway$0.270$1.00read $0.135
Serverless
NVIDIA NIM---
ServerlessPartial

Available via routers & gateways(1)

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor RAG

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 V3.1 Terminus?

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus has a context window of 164k tokens.

How much does DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus cost?

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus pricing ranges from $0.21/1M to $0.27/1M input tokens depending on the provider.

When was DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus released?

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus was released on 2025-09-22.

Which providers offer DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus?

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus is available from 4 providers: NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Novita AI.