Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3 0324 offers 311.3K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V2.5. DeepSeek-V2.5 is $1.00 cheaper per million tokens. DeepSeek-V2.5 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5 was developed as an enhanced iteration of the DeepSeek-V2 architecture, designed to incorporate improvements in model quality and efficiency. Built to advance the DeepSeek foundation model series, it provides refined capabilities for general-purpose language understanding and generation tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3-0324 represents a specific release iteration of DeepSeek-V3, developed to incorporate ongoing improvements and refinements. Built to provide enhanced stability and performance based on deployment learnings, it continues the evolution of the DeepSeek-V3 architecture with iterative enhancements.
10 months newer

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek
2024-05-08

DeepSeek-V3 0324
DeepSeek
2025-03-25
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-V2.5

DeepSeek-V3 0324
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hyperbolic

DeepSeek-V2.5

DeepSeek-V3 0324

DeepSeek-V2.5

DeepSeek-V3 0324

DeepSeek-V3 0324
Novita