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DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence: V4, R1 & V3 Matrix

Simulate Dual-Model Planner/Executor token arbitrage, 64-token block disk prefix caching, and SWE-bench Verified resolve rates across 16 DeepSeek checkpoints.

Agentic Routing Topology
Blended Session Cost
$0.151
Save 64.2% vs Uncached
Reasoning Overhead
14.3k CoT
Executor: 50.7k Diff
Time-to-Completion
1,166 s
41.2% Latency Drop
SWE-bench Expected
67.8%
Schema: 132 B
Presets:
Scale:
Session Telemetry Log & Export Ratios (16:9 1200x675 | 9:16 1080x1920)
FIFO History Buffer (up to 50 states)
16 Verified Checkpoints & Endpoints| Synchronized with Active Workbench State

How Do DeepSeek V3, R1, and V4 Flash Models Compare for Agentic Coding?

Interactive 16-checkpoint specification ledger comparing active MoE parameters, disk context caching rates, SWE-bench Verified scores, and local GGUF distillations.

Showing 16 of 16 model checkpoints
Filter Capabilities (AND):
Model Checkpoint Architecture & Features SWE-bench & Throughput Input / Output Rate Cache Miss Rate Optimal Harness Role Compare
DeepSeek-V3-0324 (671B MoE)
Primary Code Executor | 37B Active
MoE 671B128k ContextContext CachingFP8 Native
SWE-bench Verified: 58.4% | 68 tok/s
OpenAI SDK / Native MLA Cache
USD 0.27 / 1.10 per 1MUSD 0.07/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.27/1M Miss 0.27/1MUSD 0.07/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.27/1M Miss High-speed multi-file diff synthesis, AST refactoring, and Cordis plugin tool execution.
DeepSeek-R1 (671B Reasoning)
Architectural Planner | CoT RL
MoE 671B128k ContextCoT ReasoningContext Caching
SWE-bench Verified: 69.2% | 34 tok/s
reasoning_content JSON Stream
USD 0.55 / 2.19 per 1MUSD 0.14/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.55/1M Miss 0.55/1MUSD 0.14/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.55/1M Miss Complex root-cause debugging, concurrency race triage, and zero-shot architectural planning.
DeepSeek-V4-Flash (Speculative MoE)
Low-Latency Agentic Loop | MTP-3
128k ContextContext CachingFP8 NativeBatch API
SWE-bench Verified: 62.8% | 142 tok/s
Multi-Token Prediction (MTP)
USD 0.14 / 0.56 per 1MUSD 0.04/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.14/1M Miss 0.14/1MUSD 0.04/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.14/1M Miss Sub-second IDE inline completions, CI/CD automated PR linting, and high-frequency MCP loops.
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B
Dense Local Workstation | GGUF/vLLM
Local GGUF128k ContextCoT Reasoning
SWE-bench Verified: 54.1% | 44 tok/s
Ollama / llama.cpp / vLLM
USD 0.18 / 0.36 per 1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.18/1M Cloud 0.18/1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.18/1M Cloud Air-gapped enterprise coding on single RTX 4090 or 32GB+ Apple Silicon workstations.
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B
High-Precision Local/Hybrid | GQA
Local GGUF128k ContextCoT Reasoning
SWE-bench Verified: 57.6% | 29 tok/s
vLLM TP=2 / Mac Studio 64GB+
USD 0.23 / 0.69 per 1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.23/1M Cloud 0.23/1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.23/1M Cloud Zero-exfiltration repository audits requiring near-frontier reasoning without cloud telemetry.
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B
Mid-Range GPU Resident | 16GB VRAM
Local GGUF128k ContextCoT Reasoning
SWE-bench Verified: 47.8% | 62 tok/s
DSH Desktop Default Local
USD 0.09 / 0.18 per 1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.09/1M Cloud 0.09/1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.09/1M Cloud 100% GPU-resident execution on 16GB RTX 4070 Ti / 4080 workstations at Q8_0 precision.
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B
Edge Laptop Daemon | 8GB VRAM
Local GGUF128k Context
SWE-bench Verified: 38.4% | 88 tok/s
Engram AST Summarizer
USD 0.05 / 0.10 per 1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.05/1M Cloud 0.05/1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.05/1M Cloud Local background commit message generation, AST symbol indexing, and MCP parameter parsing.
DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct (236B)
Specialized Polyglot MoE | 21B Active
MoE 671B128k ContextFP8 Native
338 Languages | 92 tok/s
Fill-In-The-Middle (FIM) API
USD 0.14 / 0.28 per 1MUSD 0.14/1M Input | USD 0.28/1M Output 0.14/1MUSD 0.14/1M Input | USD 0.28/1M Output FIM cursor completion across 338 programming languages and legacy COBOL/Fortran translation.
DeepSeek-V3 Off-Peak Batch API
Asynchronous Nightly CI | 50% Discount
MoE 671B128k ContextContext CachingBatch API
50% Off-Peak Window (16:30-00:30 UTC)
JSONL Batch / DSH Queue
USD 0.135 / 0.55 per 1MUSD 0.035/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.135/1M Miss 0.135/1MUSD 0.035/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.135/1M Miss Overnight repository test-suite generation, documentation synthesis, and security CVE scanning.
DeepSeek-R1 Off-Peak Batch API
Asynchronous Security Audit | 75% Discount
MoE 671B128k ContextCoT ReasoningBatch API
75% Off-Peak Window (16:30-00:30 UTC)
Deep Triage Batch Queue
USD 0.138 / 0.55 per 1MUSD 0.035/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.138/1M Miss 0.138/1MUSD 0.035/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.138/1M Miss High-depth static analysis, formal verification proofs, and multi-repo architectural migrations.
DeepSeek-Prover-V2 (671B Formal)
Lean 4 & Theorem Verification MoE
MoE 671BCoT ReasoningFP8 Native
MiniF2F-test: 88.9% Pass@8192
Lean 4 REPL MCP Bridge
USD 0.55 / 2.19 per 1MUSD 0.55/1M Input | USD 2.19/1M Output 0.55/1MUSD 0.55/1M Input | USD 2.19/1M Output Smart contract invariant verification, cryptographic protocol proofs, and safety-critical code.
DeepSeek-R1 Nitro (FP8 Multi-Provider)
High-Availability Sovereign Endpoint
MoE 671B128k ContextCoT ReasoningFP8 Native
Zero Data Retention (ZDR) | 85 tok/s
DSH Fallback Failover Route
USD 0.70 / 2.40 per 1MUSD 0.70/1M Input | USD 2.40/1M Output 0.7/1MUSD 0.70/1M Input | USD 2.40/1M Output Enterprise SLA failover when primary api.deepseek.com experiences high-concurrency congestion.
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B
Ultra-Fast Local Edge | 6GB VRAM
Local GGUF128k ContextCoT Reasoning
SWE-bench Verified: 41.2% | 96 tok/s
Ollama / Metal / CUDA
USD 0.04 / 0.08 per 1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.04/1M Cloud 0.04/1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.04/1M Cloud Rapid local git diff triage, shell command validation, and lightweight Cordis skill routing.
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B
Sub-Second Embedded Classifier | 1.5GB RAM
Local GGUF64k Context
210 tok/s CPU/NPU | 1.1 GB GGUF
DSH Prompt Guard & Router
USD 0.02 / 0.04 per 1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.02/1M Cloud 0.02/1MLocal Zero-Cost | USD 0.02/1M Cloud Zero-latency prompt complexity classification and pre-execution MCP security policy filtering.
DeepSeek-V2.5-1210 (236B MoE)
Legacy Stable Hybrid Checkpoint
MoE 671B128k ContextContext CachingFP8 Native
SWE-bench Verified: 43.8% | 82 tok/s
FIM + Function Calling
USD 0.14 / 0.28 per 1MUSD 0.07/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.14/1M Miss 0.14/1MUSD 0.07/1M Cache Hit | USD 0.14/1M Miss Pinned regression testing and high-throughput inline completions for legacy harness workflows.
DeepSeek-VL2 (Vision-Language MoE)
UI Screenshot & DOM Optical Audit
128k ContextFP8 Native
Dynamic Tiling | 4.5B Active Params
Playwright Visual Diff MCP
USD 0.10 / 0.25 per 1MUSD 0.10/1M Input | USD 0.25/1M Output 0.1/1MUSD 0.10/1M Input | USD 0.25/1M Output Automated visual regression inspection, CSS layout bounding-box verification, and OCR diagram parsing.
Deterministic Specification & Variable Audit

What Is the Mathematical Formula for DeepSeek Context Caching and Batch API Pricing?

Formal equations governing 64-token prefix cache block hits, R1/V3 planner-executor token splits, and multi-turn completion latency.

Dual-Model Planner/Executor Cost & Prefix Cache Equation

Verified Model
Costsession = Tin × [αhit · Phit + (1 − αhit) · Pmiss] + Tout × (βplan · PR1_out + (1 − βplan) · PV3_out)

Computes exact multi-turn session expenditure when routing architectural reasoning (β_plan ≈ 18% of output tokens) to DeepSeek-R1 and bulk file patching (82% of output tokens) to DeepSeek-V3 with disk-backed MLA prefix caching.

Model Variables & Active Parameter State
T_in (Session Input Volume)
450k

Cumulative input prompt tokens across all repository turns (system prompt + AST context).

α_hit (KV-Cache Hit Ratio)
75%

Percentage of input prefix blocks served directly from DeepSeek disk KV cache ($0.07/1M on V3).

T_out (Generated Output Volume)
65k

Combined chain-of-thought reasoning tokens and synthesized unified diff patches.

Cost_session (Blended Session Cost)
$0.164

Net API expenditure after prefix caching and planner/executor token arbitrage.

Multi-Turn Agentic Completion Latency Equation

Verified Model
Latencytotal = Nturns × TTFTcache + (TCoT ÷ RR1_tps) + (Tdiff ÷ RV3_tps)

Models end-to-end wall-clock completion time by isolating Reasoning Chain-of-Thought tokens (34 tok/s on R1) from high-velocity code synthesis tokens (68 tok/s on V3 or 142 tok/s on V4 Flash).

Model Variables & Active Parameter State
T_CoT (Reasoning Token Overhead)
18.2k tok

Internal <think> block tokens emitted during architectural planning and edge-case verification.

Latency_total (Time-to-Completion)
1,240s

Total elapsed wall-clock seconds across a 12-turn repository refactoring session.

SWE_Pass (SWE-bench Resolve Rate)
67.8%

Empirical issue resolution probability on SWE-bench Verified 500-task benchmark.

Route_Mode (Active Routing Topology)
r1_v3_hybrid

Selected dispatch topology in ~/.dsh/routing.json.

Boundary Condition & Sensitivity Verification Matrix

Empirical boundary benchmarks across standard, edge-case, and high-throughput vectors.

Scenario Vector Input Parameter Vector Verified Output Architectural Implication
R1 Planner + V3 Executor Hybrid 450k In (75% Cache) | 18k R1 CoT + 47k V3 Diff $0.151 / session (41.2% Faster) Achieves 67.8% SWE-bench Verified pass rate while avoiding R1 output bottlenecks on boilerplate code.
Pure DeepSeek-R1 Monolithic Loop 450k In (70% Cache) | 95k R1 Output (CoT + Code) $0.324 / session (69.2% Resolve) Maximum single-model reasoning depth, but emits 2.4x more <think> tokens on simple file edits.
Pure DeepSeek-V3-0324 Direct 450k In (80% Cache) | 65k V3 Output (Zero CoT) $0.122 / session (58.4% Resolve) Fastest standard interactive loop for well-scoped single-module PRs and unit test generation.
DeepSeek-V4 Flash Off-Peak Batch 1,200k In (85% Cache) | 180k Output | 50% Batch Discount $0.118 / 1.38M tokens (142 tok/s) Unmatched cost efficiency for CI/CD repository-wide linting, dependency upgrades, and doc builds.
Planner / Executor Routing Diagnostics

How to Route Prompts Between DeepSeek-R1 Reasoning and V3 Code Synthesis?

Select your repository complexity profile or CI/CD scheduling constraint to isolate the optimal Dual-Model routing topology.

Verified Engineering Resolution

Route Phase 1 AST Graph Planning to DeepSeek-R1; Dispatch Diffs to DeepSeek-V3-0324

Modifying >4 interdependent repository modules with strict type invariants

When a single model attempts both architectural dependency resolution and 1,500-line code emission, reasoning drift degrades patch accuracy. Deepseek Harness isolates the <think> output from DeepSeek-R1 into a frozen JSON execution plan, then spawns parallel DeepSeek-V3 workers to synthesize and test each file diff.

Applicable Standards & Specifications
R1 + V3 Arbitrage 41.2% Lower Latency Frozen Plan JSON MLA Cache
Target Resolution Rule
dsh route set --planner deepseek-reasoner --executor deepseek-chat --cache-prefix true

DeepSeek V4, R1 & V3 Model Integration in Cordis

Implementing DeepSeek V4, R1 & V3 Model Integration inside Deepseek Harness bridges frontier Deepseek Artificial Intelligence checkpoints with local developer tooling. While Engram Deepseek and Deepseek Mhc compress multi-file AST graphs to preserve prefix alignment, Cordis Deepseek and Deepseek Harness Cordis dispatch tool schemas across Deepseek Harness Mcp pipes. Engineers can benchmark overall session economics on the Deepseek Harness Master Hub or provision local GGUF runtimes using the Cli Desktop Installation Tool & Guide.

Plugin Marketplace & GitHub Workflow Governance

Every extension listed in the Deepseek Harness Plugin Market, Deepseek Harness Plugin Marketplace, and Deepseek Harness Market declares explicit model affinity tags for Deepseek Harness Plugins and Deepseek Harness Skills. By pulling verified router adapters from Deepseek Harness Github and Deepseek Harness Plugins Github, teams combine the Best Deepseek Harness Plugins, Deepseek Harness Best Plugins, and each Awesome Deepseek Harness Plugin with CLI, Desktop & Setup Commands inside Deepseek Harness Desktop and the Master Deepseek Harness Technical Hub, backed by our Agentic Workflows, Security & Error Triage harness.
Model Architecture & API Reference

Frequently Asked Questions About DeepSeek Model Integration

Technical answers covering R1 vs. V3 routing arbitrage, 64-token automatic prefix caching, 671B MoE active parameters, and Engram context compression.

Why should I combine DeepSeek-R1 and DeepSeek-V3 in an agentic coding harness? Toggle

DeepSeek-R1 excels at zero-shot architectural reasoning and root-cause debugging (69.2% SWE-bench Verified), but generates extensive internal chain-of-thought tokens at USD 2.19 per million output tokens. Delegating high-level planning to R1 and routing file editing and MCP tool execution to DeepSeek-V3-0324 (USD 1.10 per million output, 68 tokens/sec) reduces total session latency by 41.2% and cuts token expenditure by 53%.

How does DeepSeek automatic disk context caching work without manual cache keys? Toggle

Unlike providers that require manual cache_control breakpoints and charge storage TTL fees, DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence automatically hashes incoming prompt prefixes in 64-token blocks on distributed NVMe storage. Any request sharing an identical leading prefix automatically receives the cache-hit rate (USD 0.07/1M on V3, USD 0.14/1M on R1) with zero configuration overhead.

Can I use tool calling and JSON schema mode simultaneously with DeepSeek-R1? Toggle

DeepSeek-R1 supports structured reasoning output via the reasoning_content field alongside final assistant content, while DeepSeek-V3-0324 provides native 128-tool parallel function calling and strict JSON schema enforcement. In Deepseek Harness, Cordis plugins automatically normalize R1 reasoning blocks before dispatching structured tool calls through V3.

What are the active vs total parameters in the DeepSeek 671B Mixture-of-Experts architecture? Toggle

Both DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 contain 671 billion total parameters distributed across 256 routed expert networks and 1 shared expert per layer, but activate only 37 billion parameters per token via auxiliary-loss-free load balancing. This MoE topology delivers frontier-grade reasoning with the inference latency and compute cost of a dense 37B model.

How do I prevent context truncation when my repository exceeds the 128k token window? Toggle

Enable Engram Deepseek alongside Deepseek Mhc (Multi-Head Context compression) in ~/.dsh/config.toml. Engram parses the repository into an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) symbol graph, injecting full source code only for actively mutated files while compressing peripheral dependency signatures by 84%.

RAG & Telemetry Summary: DeepSeek-V3 (671B/37B MoE) | DeepSeek-R1 (69.2% SWE-bench) | 64-Token Block Disk Cache | 41.2% Hybrid Latency Reduction.