DeepSeek-V2-Chat: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of DeepSeek's DeepSeek-V2-Chat and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
DeepSeek has launched a newer model, DeepSeek V3 (Mar' 25). We suggest considering this model instead of DeepSeek-V2. See the following pages for a comparison of DeepSeek V3 (Mar' 25) to other models and DeepSeek V3 (Mar' 25) API provider benchmarks.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:Price:
DeepSeek-V2 is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.17 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
DeepSeek-V2 Input token price: $0.14, Output token price: $0.28 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:Latency:Context Window:DeepSeek-V2 Input token price: $0.14, Output token price: $0.28 per 1M Tokens.
DeepSeek-V2 has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 130k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
Parallel Queries:
Prompt Length:
DeepSeek-V2-Chat Model Details
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