DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek V3 is a previous December 2024 DeepSeek general snapshot, not the live DeepSeek flagship. The current DeepSeek path on this site is DeepSeek V4 Flash ($0.14/$0.28) and DeepSeek V4 Pro. api-docs.deepseek.com lists deepseek-v4-flash / deepseek-v4-pro.
Compare leftover DeepSeek V2.5 if you wanted the earlier chat-plus-coder snapshot, leftover DeepSeek-R1 if you wanted the leftover reasoning twin, and DeepSeek V4 Pro if you wanted the live flagship.
Key Features
- Previous 671B MoE snapshot: older copy described 37B active and 14.8T training tokens. Confirm a first-party card before you hard-code those numbers as live.
- Not the 2026 DeepSeek lead: Live API rows are V4 Flash and V4 Pro.
- Not multimodal by leftover claim: Old copy said V3 did not support multimodal I/O.
- No invented closed-source parity: GPT-4o / Claude 3.5 Sonnet leftover benches stay off the table.
Use Cases
- People with a DeepSeek V3 bookmark who need the catalog corrected.
- People who were about to paste GPT-4o parity into a 2026 deck.
Limitation: We did not re-run MMLU / LongBench or invent a 2026 V3 dollar row.
Pricing
First-party pages on 2026-08-18.
| Piece | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V3 | Previous snapshot | Confirm leftover hosts / Hugging Face. |
| Live DeepSeek path | Confirm V4 Flash / V4 Pro | Flash $0.14/$0.28; Pro is the live flagship on this site. |
If a leftover blog still calls V3 the current open DeepSeek flagship, treat this page as the correction.
Getting Started
- Open api-docs.deepseek.com only to confirm live IDs.
- Confirm DeepSeek V4 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro before you buy a 2026 seat.
- Confirm leftover DeepSeek-R1 if you wanted the leftover reasoning twin.
- Do not paste "on par with GPT-4o" into a 2026 deck.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is V3 still the DeepSeek flagship?
No. The live path on this site is V4 Flash and V4 Pro.
Same as DeepSeek-R1?
No. DeepSeek-R1 is the leftover reasoning twin.
Did it beat Llama-3.1-405B as a 2026 census?
That leftover bench stays off the table.
Alternatives
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Live small DeepSeek agent model.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro: Live DeepSeek flagship.
- DeepSeek-R1: Leftover 2025 reasoning snapshot.
Tips
- Call V3 a December 2024 snapshot.
- Point new DeepSeek work at V4 Flash / V4 Pro.
- Confirm the API page before you invent a V3 token price.
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