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DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR

DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.

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CapabilityDeepSeek Chat (legacy id)deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCRWinner
Context window
Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request.
164KUnknown🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id)
Input price (per 1M)
Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider.
$0.32Custom🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id)
Output price (per 1M)
Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider.
$0.89Custom🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id)
Tool / function calling
First-class support for emitting structured tool calls.
Yes🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id)
Vision input
Accepts image inputs alongside text.
Tie
Reasoning mode
Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support.
Tie

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) better than deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR?

DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.

What's the price difference between DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR?

Input: $0.32 vs Custom per 1M tokens. Output: $0.89 vs Custom per 1M tokens.

What context windows do DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR support?

DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) supports up to 164K tokens. deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR supports up to Unknown tokens.

Do both DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR support tool calling?

DeepSeek Chat (legacy id): yes. deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR: not advertised.

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