
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 (Mar' 25). We suggest considering this model instead of DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24). 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:
DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) is of higher quality compared to average, with a MMLU score of 0.752 and a Intelligence Index across evaluations of 46.
Price:DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.48 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) Input token price: $0.27, Output token price: $1.10 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) Input token price: $0.27, Output token price: $1.10 per 1M Tokens.
DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) is slower compared to average, with a output speed of 25.1 tokens per second.
Latency:DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) has a higher latency compared to average, taking 3.33s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 130k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
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 '24)
GPT-4o (Nov '24)
o3
GPT-4.1
o3-mini (high)
o4-mini (high)
GPT-4.1 mini
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Reasoning)
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
Gemma 3 27B Instruct
Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Extended Thinking)
Mistral Large 2 (Nov '24)
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek V3 0324 (Mar' 25)
Grok 3 mini Reasoning (high)
Grok 3
Nova Pro
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 (Reasoning)
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