 DeepSeek V3 |  Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | DeepSeek | Inception |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 163.8K tokens | 128K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 163.8K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | December 26, 2024 11 months ago December 26th, 2024 | June 26, 2025 5 months ago June 26th, 2025 |
DeepSeek V3 | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | DeepSeek | Other |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Available on HuggingFace → | Proprietary |
| DeepSeek V3 | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $0.30 per million tokens | $0.25 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens | $1.20 per million tokens | $1.00 per million tokens |
| DeepSeek V3 | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science | Benchmark not available. | Benchmark not available. |
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains | Benchmark not available. | Benchmark not available. |
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations | Benchmark not available. | Benchmark not available. |
DeepSeek V3 by DeepSeek can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 163.8K token context window. Very affordable at $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output tokens. Released December 26th, 2024.Mercury by Inception can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Very affordable at $0.25/M input and $1.00/M output tokens. Released June 26th, 2025.Compare your models with top performers across different categories
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