DeepSeek V3 0324
v0324DeepSeek
DeepSeek's March 2025 open-weights V3 checkpoint, now superseded by DeepSeek V3.1 (Aug 2025), V3.2 (Dec 2025), and V4 (Apr 2026). The legacy deepseek-chat name no longer serves this checkpoint — it routes to V4-Flash's non-thinking mode and is removed 2026-07-24 (15:59 UTC). V3-0324 remains available only via third-party hosts or self-hosted open weights. Historically offered strong performance at competitive pricing with transparent weights and commercial-friendly licensing.
Trust Vector Analysis
Dimension Breakdown
🚀Performance & Reliability+
Strong performance for open-weights model. Good balance of capabilities and cost.
Industry-standard coding benchmarks
Mathematical reasoning benchmarks
Knowledge testing benchmarks
Community evaluation
Median latency
Official specification
🛡️Security+
Moderate security for open-weights model. Additional safeguards recommended.
Community adversarial testing
Adversarial testing
Policy analysis
Safety testing
🔒Privacy & Compliance+
Standard privacy practices. 90-day retention longer than some competitors.
Documentation review
Privacy policy review
Documentation review
Certification verification
👁️Trust & Transparency+
Good transparency for open-weights model. Comprehensive documentation.
Reasoning evaluation
Community evaluation
Bias benchmarks
Qualitative assessment
Documentation review
Technical documentation review
Safety system analysis
⚙️Operational Excellence+
Good operational maturity with OpenAI-compatible API. Growing ecosystem.
Versioning review
Tool review
Support assessment
Ecosystem analysis
License review
- +Open-weights model with commercial-friendly licensing
- +Highly competitive pricing ($0.27/$1.09 per 1M tokens) with good performance (59.4% HumanEval)
- +Strong mathematical capabilities (68% MATH)
- +OpenAI-compatible API for easy integration
- +Good knowledge base (64.8% MMLU)
- +Transparent model weights and documentation
- !90-day data retention longer than competitors
- !Limited compliance certifications disclosed
- !Moderate security compared to proprietary models
- !Smaller ecosystem than established providers
- !Less mature enterprise support
- !Smaller context window (64K tokens)
- !Superseded by DeepSeek V3.1/V3.2/V4; legacy deepseek-chat alias now routes to V4-Flash (not this checkpoint) and is removed 2026-07-24, leaving third-party hosts or self-hosting as the only ways to run V3-0324
Use Case Ratings
code generation
Good coding (59.4% HumanEval) at competitive pricing.
customer support
Adequate for customer support with cost advantage.
content creation
Good content creation for cost-sensitive applications.
data analysis
Good analytical capabilities with strong math (68% MATH).
research assistant
Good for research with 64.8% MMLU knowledge base.
legal compliance
Limited compliance certifications may restrict legal use.
healthcare
Not suitable for healthcare without compliance certifications.
financial analysis
Good for financial analysis with cost advantage.
education
Good for education with strong math capabilities.
creative writing
Adequate creative writing for budget-conscious projects.