DeepSeek R1↗
An open-weight model designed for reasoning tasks.
Reasoning can change output length and time to a final answer. Distilled variants are separate deployments.
DeepSeek
General-purpose and reasoning model families. Distilled versions and dated revisions are distinct artifacts.
Official documentation ↗DeepSeek V3↗
A mixture-of-experts general-purpose text model.
The original V3 repository and later dated revisions are different artifacts. Pin a version when comparing results.
Keep publisher, model and endpoint separate
The publisher identifies the model family or checkpoint. An inference operator selects a runtime, quantization and service configuration. The API endpoint defines the accepted request shape and operational limits. Compare all three when planning a migration.
Track lifecycle changes
Official release notes can announce previews, general availability, retirement and alias changes. A model appearing in an API list is an observation of access, not necessarily a new public release.
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