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1️⃣ DeepSeek-V3 Outperforms other Open-Source LLMs

🏅 DeepSeek-V3

DeepSeek-V3 is a powerful new AI model released on December 26, 2024, representing a significant advancement in open-source AI technology.

It is basically the Chinese version of Open AI. They went the same open source route as Meta.

🟣 DeepSeek outshines 4o on nearly every benchmark, all at just 10% of the cost.

The best value in the LLM market!

Technical Specifications

The model features impressive technical capabilities:

• 685 billion total parameters with 37 billion activated parameters

• Trained on 14.8 trillion high-quality tokens

• Processing speed of 60 tokens per second, 3x faster than its predecessor

• Training cost of $5.5 million using 2,788,000 H800 GPU hours

Performance

DeepSeek-V3 demonstrates exceptional performance across multiple domains:

• Outperforms Llama 3.1 405B and GPT-4o in coding competitions on Codeforces

• Shows comparable benchmarks to Claude 3.5 Sonnet

• Excels in integrating new code with existing codebases

• AI Agents Ready

Pricing Structure

Starting February 8th, the model will be available at competitive rates:

• Input: $0.27 per million tokens ($0.07 with cache hits)

• Output: $1.10 per million tokens

Limitations

The model has some notable restrictions:

• Requires substantial computational resources for unoptimized versions

• Content filtering for certain political topics due to Chinese regulatory requirements. 🟣 has less censorship than Qwen

Business Impact

DeepSeek-V3’s release has influenced the AI market significantly, forcing competitors like ByteDance, Baidu, and Alibaba to reduce their pricing models and offer some services for free.

The model’s development by a Chinese company backed by High-Flyer Capital Management demonstrates growing competition in the global AI landscape

2025 LLM

DeepSeek-V3 represents a leap forward in open-source AI, offering high performance at a competitive cost, making it a significant player in the ongoing 2025 evolution of large language models.

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