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DeepSeek

DeepSeek

AI research lab advancing large language models with their Deepseek series trained on diverse datasets and focused on knowledge-intensive tasks.

Total Models

8

Text Models

8

Active Period

Mar 2024 – Dec 2025

Founded in May 2023 by hedge fund manager Liang Wenfeng.

Known for efficient model training at fraction of typical costs.

Releases powerful open-source models (DeepSeek Coder, V2, V3, R1).

DeepSeek-R1 focuses on reasoning via reinforcement learning.

Offers very competitive API pricing.

Compare DeepSeek Models

DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale

Dec 2025

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is a high-compute variant of DeepSeek-V3.2 optimized for maximum reasoning and agentic performance. It builds on DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA) for efficient long-context processing, then scales post-training reinforcement learning to push capability beyond the base model. Reported evaluations place Speciale ahead of GPT-5 on difficult reasoning workloads, with proficiency comparable to Gemini-3.0-Pro, while retaining strong coding and tool-use reliability. Like V3.2, it benefits from a large-scale agentic task synthesis pipeline that improves compliance and generalization in interactive environments.

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DeepSeek V3.2

Dec 2025

DeepSeek-V3.2 is a large language model designed to harmonize high computational efficiency with strong reasoning and agentic tool-use performance. It introduces DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA), a fine-grained sparse attention mechanism that reduces training and inference cost while preserving quality in long-context scenarios. A scalable reinforcement learning post-training framework further improves reasoning, with reported performance in the GPT-5 class, and the model has demonstrated gold-medal results on the 2025 IMO and IOI. V3.2 also uses a large-scale agentic task synthesis pipeline to better integrate reasoning into tool-use settings, boosting compliance and generalization in interactive environments.

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DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Sep 2025

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp introduces DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA) for efficient long-context. Reasoning toggle supported via boolean flag.

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DeepSeek V3.1

Aug 2025

DeepSeek V3.1 model integrated via automation on 2025-08-21

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DeepSeek R1 0528

May 2025

DeepSeek R1 0528 is the May 28th update to the original DeepSeek R1. Performance on par with OpenAI o1, but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. It's 671B parameters in size, with 37B active in an inference pass. Fully open-source model.

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DeepSeek Prover V2

Apr 2025

A 671B parameter model, speculated to be geared towards logic and mathematics. Likely an upgrade from DeepSeek-Prover-V1.5. Released on Hugging Face without an announcement or description.

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DeepSeek R1

Feb 2025

DeepSeek R1 is a reasoning model developed entirely via reinforcement learning, offering cost efficiency at $0.14/million tokens vs. OpenAI o1's $15, with strong code generation and analysis capabilities.

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DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)

Mar 2024

DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) shows significant improvements in reasoning capabilities with enhanced MMLU-Pro (81.2%), GPQA (68.4%), AIME (59.4%), and LiveCodeBench (49.2%) scores. Features improved front-end web development, Chinese writing proficiency, and function calling accuracy.

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