DeepSeek
Open-weights lab known for cost-efficient training (V3, R1, V4) and aggressive API pricing.
- Provider rank
- #10
- by best model
- Best index
- 60.3
- Deepseek v4 Pro (high)
- Ranked models
- 14
- 10 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.068/M
- deepseek-r1-0528-qwen3-8b
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Next release
Over the last two years DeepSeek shipped 8 distinct models, one every 84 days on median. The latest arrived on 21 Aug 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 10 Oct 2026 and 16 Dec 2026.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Fastest ranked model: Deepseek v4 Flash Vision at 119 tok/s.
Head to head
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DeepSeek vs MiniMaxModels
Every DeepSeek model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
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| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deepseek v4 ProhighDeepSeek | 60.3±5 | – | – | – | – | 2026-04-24 | 2026-09-08 |
| 2 | DeepSeek V4 ProhighDeepSeekopen ↗ | 60.0±3 | $0.548 | 66 | 32 s | 1M | 2026-04-24 | 2026-09-08 |
| 3 | DeepSeek V4 FlashhighDeepSeekopen ↗ | 59.3±3 | $0.168 | 118 | 18 s | 1M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-08 |
| 4 | Deepseek v4 Flash VisionDeepSeek | 57.4±6 | $0.175 | 119 | 18 s | 1M | 2026-08-21 | 2026-06-25 |
| 5 | DeepSeek V3.2thinkingDeepSeekopen ↗ | 55.9±4 | $0.315 | 30 | 1.78 s | 128k | 2025-01-01 | 2026-09-08 |
| 6 | DeepSeek V3.1thinkingDeepSeekopen ↗ | 54.8±4 | $1.92 | 29 | 1.81 s | 128k | 2025-08-21 | 2026-09-02 |
| 7 | DeepSeek R1DeepSeekopen ↗ | 48.9±4 | $0.315 | 19 | 1.19 s | 131k | 2025-01-20 | 2026-09-02 |
| 8 | DeepSeek V3DeepSeekopen ↗ | 43.8±4 | $0.478 | – | – | 66k | 2024-12-26 | 2026-09-02 |
| 9 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BDeepSeekopen ↗ | 42.8±8 | $0.440 | – | – | 64k | 2025-01-20 | 2025-01-20 · stale |
| 10 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BDeepSeekopen ↗ | 42.2±7 | $0.815 | 21 | 96 s | 33k | 2025-01-20 | 2025-01-20 · stale |
| 11 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14BDeepSeekopen ↗ | 41.4±10 | $0.220 | – | – | 33k | 2025-01-20 | 2025-01-20 · stale |
| 12 | deepseek-r1-0528-qwen3-8bDeepSeekopen ↗ | 36.9±7 | $0.068 | – | – | 128k | 2025-05-29 | 2025-05-28 · stale |
| 13 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5BDeepSeek | 36.4±5 | – | – | – | 128k | 2025-01-20 | 2025-01-20 · stale |
| 14 | DeepSeek LLM 67BDeepSeek | 36.0±4 | – | – | – | 4k | 2023-11-29 | 2026-09-02 |
| 15 | Deepseek Coder v2DeepSeek | – | – | – | – | 128k | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 16 | Deepseek v4 FlashDeepSeek | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-04-24 | 2026-09-08 |
| 17 | Deepseek v2 5DeepSeek | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 18 | Deepseek R1 Plus Claude 3.5 SonnetDeepSeek | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-01-23 · stale |
| 19 | Deepseek v2DeepSeek | – | – | – | – | 128k | – | – |
| 20 | DeepSeek Coder 1.3BDeepSeek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | DeepSeek Coder 33BDeepSeek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | DeepSeek Coder 6.7BDeepSeek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite-BaseDeepSeek | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-06-13 | – |
Latest news
- DeepSeek fundraising frenzy spawns shadow marketft.com · 9 Sept 2026
- EXCLUSIVE: China's DeepSeek taps CITIC Securities for domestic IPO, sources sayReuters · 9 Sept 2026
- US Says Alibaba, DeepSeek Have ‘Systematically’ Siphoned AI Modelsbloomberg.com · 9 Sept 2026
- U.S. agencies say top Chinese AI companies systematically copied American modelsNBC News · 9 Sept 2026
- US claims Chinese AI companies’ core AI strategy is distilling American modelsThe Register · 9 Sept 2026
- DeepSeek Harness Flaw Let AI Agents Disable Their Own File Sandbox Without ApprovalThe Hacker News · 9 Sept 2026
- CVE-2026-82533: DeepSeek Harness Vulnerability Lets AI Agents Escape Their Own SandboxOX Security · 8 Sept 2026
- Chinese AI firm DeepSeek taps underwriters for IPO: sourcesscmp.com · 9 Sept 2026