DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base

Closed weights DeepSeek 1.3B parameters January 2024

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
DeepSeek
Organisation type
Industry
Country
China
Published
5 January 2024

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling/generation

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
1.3B

1.3b

Training data
500,000,000,000 tokens

500B text tokens

Training compute

The arithmetic performed to train the model, measured in floating-point operations. It is a measure of what the training run cost, not of how fast the finished model answers you.

Training compute
3.9 × 10²¹ FLOP

6 FLOP / parameter / token * 1.3*10^9 parameters * 500*10^9 tokens = 3.9×10^21 FLOP

How it was established
Operation counting

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Unreleased

https://hf.rst.im/deepseek-ai/deepseek-llm-7b-base/discussions/2 "We don't have plans to release the 1.3B model"

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base was published by DeepSeek, in China, in January 2024. The organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language modeling/generation.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

What went into building it

Producing it required around 3.9 × 10²¹ FLOP of arithmetic, which is a statement about the training budget rather than about inference.

Around 500,000,000,000 tokens went into training it.

Answers

DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base — common questions

01

What GPU do I need to run DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base?

None. DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

02

Is DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base open source?

No. DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

03

How many parameters does DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base have?

DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base has 1.3B parameters. 1.3b. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

04

Who created DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base?

DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base was published by DeepSeek, based in China, categorised as industry.

05

When was DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base released?

DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base was published in January 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

06

What is DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base used for?

DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

07

How much compute was used to train DeepSeek-LLM-1.3b-base?

Around 3.9 × 10²¹ FLOP. That measures what producing the model cost and says nothing about how quickly it answers once trained — inference speed comes from memory bandwidth, not from the training budget.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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