DeepSeek-V3-0324 vs DeepSeek-R1-0528

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

deepseek-ai · A
Params
684.5 B
Context
163,840
30d
1.0 M
mit · commercial OK
deepseek-ai · B
Params
684.5 B
Context
163,840
30d
252 K
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification DeepSeek-V3-0324 DeepSeek-R1-0528
Parameters 684.5 B 684.5 B
Architecture DeepseekV3ForCausalLM DeepseekV3ForCausalLM
Context length 163,840 163,840
Licence mit mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 1,022,331 251,513
Downloads all time 9.4 M 16.9 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2025-03-24 2025-05-28

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

1.2 M183 K
DeepSeek-V3-0324 DeepSeek-R1-0528

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

DeepSeek-V3-0324 · fp16 @ 160K ctx 2,811.5 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit
DeepSeek-R1-0528 · fp16 @ 160K ctx 2,811.5 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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