DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24): Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of DeepSeek's DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) 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 V3.1. We suggest considering this model instead of DeepSeek V3 (Dec). See the following pages for a comparison of DeepSeek V3.1 to other models and DeepSeek V3.1 API provider benchmarks.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
DeepSeek V3 (Dec) is of higher intelligence compared to average, with Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index of 33.
Price:DeepSeek V3 (Dec) is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.48 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
DeepSeek V3 (Dec) Input token price: $0.27, Output token price: $1.10 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:Latency:Context Window:DeepSeek V3 (Dec) Input token price: $0.27, Output token price: $1.10 per 1M Tokens.
DeepSeek V3 (Dec) 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
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DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) Model Details
Comparisons to DeepSeek V3 (Dec)
DeepSeek V3 (Dec)
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GPT-5 (high)
gpt-oss-20B (high)
GPT-4.1
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GPT-5 (minimal)
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Gemini 2.5 Flash
Claude 4.1 Opus
Claude 4 Sonnet
Mistral Medium 3.1
DeepSeek R1 0528
DeepSeek V3.1
DeepSeek V3.1
Grok 4
Grok Code Fast 1
Solar Pro 2
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Kimi K2
EXAONE 4.0 32B
GLM-4.5
Qwen3 235B 2507
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