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DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

AI model

Context window
163,840 tokens
Open weights
Yes

Capability & preference

Human preference · Arena

Overall text preferences from head-to-head votes. Not factual accuracy or a task-success rate.

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus 1417.1 DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus · 95% interval 1407.4–1426.8 · 3,609 votes · 2026-10-28

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Arena text preference / codinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,406.69 rating

Confidence interval: 1,386.17 – 1,427.21

771 votes

Category
coding
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / creative_writinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,403.32 rating

Confidence interval: 1,375.92 – 1,430.72

446 votes

Category
creative_writing
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,418.74 rating

Confidence interval: 1,404.20 – 1,433.29

1583 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,401.88 rating

Confidence interval: 1,388.04 – 1,415.72

2583 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,406.10 rating

Confidence interval: 1,392.90 – 1,419.30

1901 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_prompts_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,406.78 rating

Confidence interval: 1,387.08 – 1,426.48

850 votes

Category
hard_prompts_english
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operationshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,387.37 rating

Confidence interval: 1,365.57 – 1,409.17

718 votes

Category
industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_mediahuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,382.40 rating

Confidence interval: 1,359.16 – 1,405.64

626 votes

Category
industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_legal_and_governmenthuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,407.49 rating

Confidence interval: 1,371.90 – 1,443.09

263 votes

Category
industry_legal_and_government
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_life_and_physical_and_social_sciencehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,451.35 rating

Confidence interval: 1,427.15 – 1,475.55

571 votes

Category
industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_medicine_and_healthcarehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,451.01 rating

Confidence interval: 1,413.91 – 1,488.11

259 votes

Category
industry_medicine_and_healthcare
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,409.46 rating

Confidence interval: 1,393.34 – 1,425.58

1279 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_writing_and_literature_and_languagehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,407.73 rating

Confidence interval: 1,387.03 – 1,428.44

791 votes

Category
industry_writing_and_literature_and_language
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,380.70 rating

Confidence interval: 1,362.85 – 1,398.55

1018 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / longer_queryhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,395.87 rating

Confidence interval: 1,376.20 – 1,415.54

841 votes

Category
longer_query
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / mathhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,401.74 rating

Confidence interval: 1,363.20 – 1,440.27

216 votes

Category
math
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / multi_turnhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,387.89 rating

Confidence interval: 1,365.29 – 1,410.49

658 votes

Category
multi_turn
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,407.50 rating

Confidence interval: 1,394.61 – 1,420.38

2026 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,417.10 rating

Confidence interval: 1,407.38 – 1,426.82

3609 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / polishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,405.00 rating

Confidence interval: 1,366.92 – 1,443.08

229 votes

Category
polish
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / russianhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,423.53 rating

Confidence interval: 1,392.74 – 1,454.32

304 votes

Category
russian
Evaluated configuration
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / codinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,406.80 rating

Confidence interval: 1,386.27 – 1,427.32

771 votes

Category
coding
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / creative_writinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,402.66 rating

Confidence interval: 1,375.29 – 1,430.02

447 votes

Category
creative_writing
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,418.95 rating

Confidence interval: 1,404.39 – 1,433.52

1580 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,401.93 rating

Confidence interval: 1,388.09 – 1,415.77

2583 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,405.93 rating

Confidence interval: 1,392.73 – 1,419.13

1902 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_prompts_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,406.70 rating

Confidence interval: 1,386.99 – 1,426.40

850 votes

Category
hard_prompts_english
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operationshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,387.44 rating

Confidence interval: 1,365.64 – 1,409.25

718 votes

Category
industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_mediahuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,382.53 rating

Confidence interval: 1,359.32 – 1,405.74

627 votes

Category
industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_legal_and_governmenthuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,407.28 rating

Confidence interval: 1,371.67 – 1,442.88

263 votes

Category
industry_legal_and_government
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_life_and_physical_and_social_sciencehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,451.45 rating

Confidence interval: 1,427.20 – 1,475.69

570 votes

Category
industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_medicine_and_healthcarehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,451.12 rating

Confidence interval: 1,414.01 – 1,488.23

259 votes

Category
industry_medicine_and_healthcare
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,409.55 rating

Confidence interval: 1,393.42 – 1,425.67

1279 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_writing_and_literature_and_languagehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,407.85 rating

Confidence interval: 1,387.14 – 1,428.55

791 votes

Category
industry_writing_and_literature_and_language
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,380.36 rating

Confidence interval: 1,362.52 – 1,398.20

1019 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / longer_queryhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,395.57 rating

Confidence interval: 1,375.91 – 1,415.23

842 votes

Category
longer_query
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / mathhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,401.81 rating

Confidence interval: 1,363.25 – 1,440.36

216 votes

Category
math
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / multi_turnhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,387.92 rating

Confidence interval: 1,365.32 – 1,410.52

658 votes

Category
multi_turn
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,407.42 rating

Confidence interval: 1,394.55 – 1,420.30

2028 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,417.10 rating

Confidence interval: 1,407.38 – 1,426.83

3608 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / polishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,405.03 rating

Confidence interval: 1,366.95 – 1,443.12

229 votes

Category
polish
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / russianhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

1,422.36 rating

Confidence interval: 1,391.60 – 1,453.12

305 votes

Category
russian
Evaluated configuration
deepseek-v3.1-terminus
Evaluation type
human preference

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Inference · memory estimate

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus

Not enough verified architecture information for a reliable VRAM estimate.

Capabilities

Context window
163,840 tokens
Open weights
Yes
Model license
mit

Input modalities

  • text

Output modalities

  • text

Processing & platform

Architecture
deepseek_v3