DeepSeek V3 pricing & benchmarks
Released Dec 26, 2024 · served by 3 providers
What DeepSeek V3 is
DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations...
- Model ID:
deepseek/deepseek-chat - Modality: text->text
- Knowledge cutoff: 2024-07-31
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: supported
- Weights:
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3on Hugging Face
Providers and prices for DeepSeek V3
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StreamLakecheapest | $0.200 | $0.800 | 128K | — | 99.4% | — |
| DeepInfra | $0.320 | $0.890 | 164K | fp4 | 92.5% | — |
| Novita | $0.400 | $1.30 | 64K | fp8 | 99.0% | — |
DeepSeek V3 benchmark results
Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.
| Category | Arena | Rank | Elo | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3d | models | #64 | 1144 | 50.7% |
| uicomponent | models | #70 | 1131 | 52.8% |
| svg | models | #72 | 1026 | 38.8% |
| website | models | #76 | 1145 | 48.5% |
| dataviz | models | #77 | 1127 | 51.4% |
| codecategories | models | #78 | 1139 | 48.5% |
| gamedev | models | #80 | 1110 | 43.9% |
FAQ
How much does the DeepSeek V3 API cost?
$0.200 per 1M input tokens and $0.800 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $0.44.
Is DeepSeek V3 free?
No. It is a paid model starting at $0.200 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.
Which provider is cheapest for DeepSeek V3?
StreamLake at $0.200 input / $0.800 output per 1M tokens.
Can I self-host DeepSeek V3?
Yes — weights are published as deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.