# DeepSeek-V3

> DeepSeek-V3 is an open-weight language model from DeepSeek, released on 26 Dec 2024. It accepts text and generates text, with a 164K-token context window and up to 8K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.32 per million input tokens and $0.89 per million output tokens (DeepInfra), across 3 providers we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/deepseek-v3
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** DeepSeek
- **Release date:** 26 Dec 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Context window:** 164K (163,840 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Max output:** 8K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Oct 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiliconFlow | $0.25 | $1 | – | 164K |
| DeepInfra | $0.32 | $0.89 | – | 164K |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers | $0.40 | $1.30 | – | 64K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of DeepSeek-V3?

DeepSeek-V3 has a context window of 163,840 tokens (164K) and can generate up to 8,192 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the DeepSeek-V3 API cost?

DeepSeek-V3 is listed from $0.32 per million input tokens and $0.89 per million output tokens (DeepInfra). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is DeepSeek-V3 open source?

DeepSeek-V3 is an open-weight model. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was DeepSeek-V3 released?

DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V3 on 26 Dec 2024, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer DeepSeek-V3?

We track DeepSeek-V3 on 3 providers: SiliconFlow, DeepInfra, Hugging Face Inference Providers.

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