DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus

deepseek · Released Sep 22, 2025 Professional
Intelligence #10 / 576
82.0 Our Score
AA Index #119 / 377
28.5 Artificial Analysis
Input #320 / 576
$0.270 per 1M tokens
Output #318 / 576
$0.950 per 1M tokens
Context #221 / 576
163,840 tokens

Analysis Summary

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus sits in the mid-tier of the current landscape, with an intelligence index of 28.5 and a coding index of 31.9. It supports tool use and function calling, and its math performance is strong at 53.7. The 163K context window is workable for most business tasks, though not class-leading.

For businesses, it fits moderate-complexity coding assistance, structured data tasks, and automated workflows where cost matters. The agentic index of 34.5 is reasonable but not competitive with the top-tier agents in the field. Instruction following is average, and long-context reliability is modest.

Pricing is competitive at $0.27 input and $0.95 output per million tokens, making it a reasonable choice for cost-sensitive pipelines. Teams already familiar with the DeepSeek ecosystem will find it a capable workhorse, but businesses prioritising agentic reliability or frontier reasoning should look higher up the stack.

Assessed June 9, 2026

Editorial notes

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus offers good reasoning and coding capability with tool use and function calling, at competitive pricing; limited enterprise adoption tempers its business reach.

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Performance Profile

Intelligence4.6Technical5.1Value7.8Content4.8
Intelligence 4.6/10
Technical 5.1/10
Content 4.8/10
Value 7.8/10

How DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus compares

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus ranks #119 of 377 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #83 of 314 for coding, #128 of 289 for agentic tasks. Its 164K-token context window is larger than 62% of the models we list. At $0.27 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 44% of comparable models.

About DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus

DeepSeek-V3.1 Terminus is an update to DeepSeek V3.1 that maintains the model's original capabilities while addressing issues reported by users, including language consistency and agent capabilities, further optimizing the model's..

Capabilities

Tool Use Function Calling

Architecture Detail

Instruct Typedeepseek-v3.1

Performance Indices

Source: Artificial Analysis

28.5 Intelligence Index
31.9 Coding Index
34.5 Agentic Index
53.7 Math Index

Benchmark Scores

Intelligence

GPQA Diamond 75.1% Graduate-level scientific reasoning
HLE 8.4% Humanity's Last Exam
MMLU Pro 83.6% Multi-task language understanding
AIME 2025 53.7% Competition mathematics (2025)
SciCode 32.1% Scientific computing

Technical

LiveCodeBench 52.9% Live coding evaluation
TerminalBench Hard 31.8% Agentic terminal tasks
τ²-Bench 37.1% Conversational agent benchmark

Content

IFBench 41.2% Instruction following
LCR 43.3% Long-context reasoning

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face

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Model Information

OpenRouter ID deepseek/deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Providerdeepseek
Model FamilyDeepSeek
Release Date September 22, 2025
Context Length163,840 tokens
Max Completion32,768 tokens
Status Active

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.27 $0.000270
Output $0.95 $0.000950

Live Performance

Live endpoint metrics, refreshed every 30 minutes.

98.9%
Avg Uptime
766ms
Best Latency (TTFT)
25 tok/s
Best Throughput
5/5
Active Endpoints
Available via: DeepInfra, SiliconFlow, Novita, AtlasCloud, StreamLake

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Frequently asked questions about DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus

How much does DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus cost?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus costs $0.27 per million input tokens and $0.95 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus has a context window of 163,840 tokens (164K).

Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus good for coding?

On our coding benchmark index, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus ranks #83 of 314 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.

What can DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus do?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus supports tool use and function calling.

Who created DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus is developed by DeepSeek and was released on September 22, 2025.