DeepSeek-V2 Chat benchmarks, pricing and specs
DeepSeek-V2 Chat is a DeepSeek model released on May 6, 2024 that takes text input and produces text. It is now listed as a legacy model. Its price is not published and accepts up to 128,000 tokens of context.
- Context window
- 128K
Data verified August 6, 2026 · Dataset 2026-10-12
Key facts
- Provider
- DeepSeek
- Model family
- DeepSeek-V2
- Release date
- May 6, 2024
- Status
- Legacy
- Access
- API and open weights
- API model id
- Not reported
- Context window
- 128,000 tokens
- Max output
- Not reported
- Input
- text
- Output
- text
- Task families
- text
- Declared capabilities
- reasoning
DeepSeek-V2 Chat pricing
Independent benchmark results
Scores come from independent evaluators that ran the model themselves, pinned to a dated snapshot. Rank is among current models in the same snapshot. DeepSeek's own launch figures are listed under strengths with the publisher named, because they are not measured the same way.
No independent benchmark has published a result for DeepSeek-V2 Chat yet. It is still compared below on price, context and capabilities.
Strengths, cautions and best uses
Strengths
- DeepSeek-V2 Chat records both API and open-weight access for text inputs and a published 128,000-token context window
Cautions
- This record is marked legacy; confirm current availability and migration requirements before adoption
Best for
- Historical API or open-weight conversational evaluation
Alternatives to DeepSeek-V2 Chat
The closest current textmodels by price. The cheapest model that scores as well or better is listed first; failing that, the cheapest one within 3% of the benchmark's scale.
DeepSeek-R1
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
- From Alibaba Qwen
Gemini 2.5 Pro
- 1.05M context window vs 128K
- From Google
Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct
- From Moonshot Kimi
DeepSeek-V2 Chat FAQ
What is the context window of DeepSeek-V2 Chat?
DeepSeek-V2 Chat accepts up to 128,000 tokens of context. That ranks #40 of 45 current text models by context length.
Is DeepSeek-V2 Chat open source or API only?
DeepSeek-V2 Chat is available both through DeepSeek's API and as open weights you can run yourself.
What are the best alternatives to DeepSeek-V2 Chat?
The closest current alternatives by price and measured performance are DeepSeek-R1, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct (from Alibaba Qwen), Gemini 2.5 Pro (1.05M context window vs 128K) and Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct (from Moonshot Kimi).
Sources
- DeepSeek-V2 · DeepSeek · official · verified August 6, 2026
- DeepSeek API pricing · DeepSeek · official · verified August 6, 2026
Cite this page
Van Data Team. "DeepSeek-V2 Chat Benchmarks, Pricing and Specs." AI Model Benchmark Dataset 2026-10-12. https://vandatateam.com/ai-model-benchmarks/deepseek-v2-chat
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