Release dates
— DeepSeek-V3 launched as an open 671B MoE. ↗
DeepSeek-V3
A 671B-total, 37B-active MoE model that extended the efficient-training and open-release path.
MODEL NUMBER025
- First public date
- 2024-12-26
- Organization
- DeepSeek
- Family
- DeepSeek V / R
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Specifications
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- Total parameters
- 671B
- Active parameters
- 37B
- Architecture
- MoE
- Context
- 128,000 tokens
- Input modalities
- Text
- Open weights
- Yes
- License
- DeepSeek License Agreement↗
- Status
- Legacy
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Overview
Why it mattered
V3 pushed open MoE general and coding capabilities toward the frontier and became the base for subsequent DeepSeek reasoning work.
PreviousDeepSeek-V2.5— · — ctx
CurrentDeepSeek-V3671B · 128K ctx
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Architecture & capabilities
Attention
MLA
Model capabilities
CodingTool useMultilingual
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Release history
DeepSeek-V3 launched as an open 671B MoE.
View sourceThe deepseek-chat API upgraded to DeepSeek-V3-0324 with improved reasoning, coding, and tool use; the standalone announcement followed on March 25.
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DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek
Official · Verified02DeepSeek-V3 model licenseDeepSeek · Checked 2026-09-07
Official · Verified03DeepSeek-V3-0324 release announcementDeepSeek · Published 2025-03-25 · Checked 2026-09-03
Official · Verified04DeepSeek API changelog: Coder-V2-0614 and V3-0324DeepSeek · Checked 2026-09-03
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