DeepSeek · 12 models on OpenRouter

Best DeepSeek Models (2026)

DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3, and all DeepSeek models ranked. DeepSeek produces some of the highest-performing open-weight models, with R1 matching frontier closed models on reasoning benchmarks at a fraction of the cost.

Top DeepSeek models by benchmark

#ModelScoreIn / 1MOut / 1MContext
1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 100 $0.09 $0.18 1,048,576 Details
2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 100 $0.14 $0.28 1,048,576 Details
3 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 99 $0.43 $0.87 1,048,576 Details
4 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 95 $0.27 $0.40 163,840 Details
5 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp 95 $0.27 $0.41 163,840 Details
6 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 95 $0.25 $0.95 163,840 Details
7 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus 95 $0.27 $1.00 163,840 Details
8 DeepSeek: R1 0528 94 $0.50 $2.15 163,840 Details
9 DeepSeek: R1 94 $0.70 $2.50 163,840 Details
10 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 90 $0.27 $1.12 163,840 Details
11 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 90 $0.26 $1.03 163,840 Details
12 DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B 60 $0.80 $0.80 8,192 Details

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