Text embedding 3 large vs DeepSeek V3
OpenAI vs DeepSeek — head-to-head specs and pricing.
High-quality OpenAI embeddings.
3072-dim embeddings for retrieval, clustering, classification. Best-in-class semantic quality.
Open-weights reasoning champion, rock-bottom pricing.
DeepSeek V3 — exceptionally low per-token pricing (10x cheaper than GPT-5). WARNING: Per DeepSeek ToS, prompts and responses may be used for model training and are processed on servers in China. Not recommended for sensitive workloads (healthcare, legal, financial) or EU data-residency requirements. Use for cost-sensitive consumer workloads where privacy is not a hard constraint.
| Spec | Text embedding 3 large | DeepSeek V3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | DeepSeek |
| Input cost / 1M tokens | — | $0.32 |
| Output cost / 1M tokens | — | $1.32 |
| Context window | — | 128,000 tokens |
| Max output tokens | — | — |
| Streaming support | — | ✓ |
| Tool calling | — | ✓ |
| Vision input | — | — |
| JSON mode | — | ✓ |
| Status | ACTIVE | ACTIVE |
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