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DeepSeek V3

by DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tok

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DeepSeek V3

Added 10 July 2026

#deepseek

Overview

DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations...

Best for

Best for
High-volume cheap inference and drafts

Use cases

  • classification
  • draft generation
  • bulk enrichment

How to use / API access

Call via OpenRouter with model id `deepseek/deepseek-chat`.

  • openrouter · deepseek/deepseek-chat Docs

OpenRouter id: deepseek/deepseek-chat

Benchmarks

  • Design Arena 3d (other) : 1162 elo · #57
  • Design Arena codecategories (other) : 1152 elo · #70
  • Design Arena dataviz (other) : 1139 elo · #71
  • Design Arena gamedev (other) : 1119 elo · #75

Enterprise DNA angle

Route bulk Omni jobs to cheap DeepSeek rows; escalate only failures to frontier models.

Notes

DeepSeek V3 is listed in the EDNA Models directory from the OpenRouter catalogue.

Pros

  • Low $/Mtoken for high volume
  • Solid general chat and light coding

Cons

  • Not the top pick for hardest reasoning
  • Needs eval gates for brand-sensitive copy