DeepSeek V2 Lite 16B

DeepSeek

Efficient MoE architecture with 2.4B active params

Text Generation Local DeepSeek Family

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Parameters

15.7B

params

Context Window

128K

tokens

Max Output

tokens

Input Price

per 1M tokens

Output Price

per 1M tokens

DeepSeek Family 15 models

The full DeepSeek line by generation — pricing and capabilities vary across the family.

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Code generation, completion

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16K

context

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V2 Lite 16B Current

General purpose, MoE

128K

context

May 2024

V3.2

Sparse attention, experimental

$0.27 / $1.1

in / out · 1M

Sep 2025

V3.1

Hybrid thinking, 40% better on SWE-bench

Reasoning, math, coding, analysis

Reasoning, math, coding

131K

context

Jan 2025

Reasoning, chain-of-thought

General purpose, MIT license

$0.27 / $1.1

in / out · 1M

Mar 2025

Coder

Code generation, debugging

$0.14 / $0.28

in / out · 1M

Capabilities

👁️

Vision

⚡

Function Calling

📋

JSON Mode

🌊

Streaming

💬

System Prompt

🖥️

Code Execution

🔍

Web Search

🔌

MCP Support

Local Model Specs

Quantization

Q4_K_M

Runtime

ollama

Details

Release Date: May 7, 2024
Knowledge Cutoff: February 1, 2024
Source: Local
License: DeepSeek
Model ID: deepseek-v2-lite

Last updated: November 26, 2025