DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3 is a text-in, text-out model from DeepSeek with a 131,072-token context window and a 16,000-token output ceiling. It supports tool use, which makes it viable for agentic workflows, but it does not support reasoning mode and structured output support is unconfirmed. Input is text only, so users needing image or audio processing will need to look elsewhere. At roughly $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens, DeepSeek V3 sits at the lower end of the pricing spectrum for capable models. Its blended benchmark score of 79.1 across four benchmarks suggests solid general performance, with a notably high coding score of 97.9 on the AI Index coding benchmark. That said, coverage of only four benchmarks leaves some capability areas unverified. Developers prioritizing cost-efficient coding assistance should shortlist it, while teams needing well-rounded, broadly validated performance may want to compare it against models with wider benchmark coverage.