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DeepSeek Reasoner
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by DeepSeek
OPEN WEIGHTSHOSTEDCODING HELPPROBLEM SOLVINGLOGIC PUZZLES
RANKED #30 OF 271 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #46 OF 6,567 · VIBE SCORE 6.8 · 2,082 VOICES
A smart reasoning model designed to tackle complex logic and coding problems.
HAPPY9.2
29 mentions
SAD5.8
32 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 3,814 voices
AGING WELL
The crowd is warmer now than it was at the start.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download DeepSeek Reasoner once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
671B parameters (MoE, 37B active), a Q4 file is about 404 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Mac Studio M2 Ultra (192GB Unified Memory)
192 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$4,300 USEDToo big for standard consumer hardware at full precision. Runs 1.58-bit dynamic quant (IQ1_S, ~131 GB) at ~10 tok/s, 8k
- SWEET SPOT
Mac Studio M4 Ultra (192GB Unified Memory)
192 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$4,700 REFURBISHEDComfortable daily-driver setup running 1.73-bit dynamic quant (IQ1_M, ~158 GB) at ~15 tok/s, 16k context
- FULL POWER
8x NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24GB VRAM each)
192 GB VRAM
~$6,400 USEDRuns IQ2_XXS quant (~233 GB) fully in VRAM at ~15 tok/s, 32k context
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN DEEPSEEK REASONER?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long DeepSeek Reasoner takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMMac Studio M2 Ultra (192GB Unified Memory) | SWEET SPOTMac Studio M4 Ultra (192GB Unified Memory) | FULL POWER8x NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24GB VRAM each) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~50 S★★★★★ | ~33 S★★★★★ | ~33 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~2.5 MIN★★★★★ | ~1.7 MIN★★★★★ | ~1.7 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~13 MIN★★★★★ | ~8.9 MIN★★★★★ | ~8.9 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~42 MIN★★★★★ | ~28 MIN★★★★★ | ~28 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~25 MIN★★★★★ | ~17 MIN★★★★★ | ~17 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users feel DeepSeek Reasoner offers great value and strong coding help. However, people complain about service outages, occasional made-up facts, and a tendency to lecture or refuse requests.
1267 POSTS · 815 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY · STACK OVERFLOW · DEV.TO · GITHUB · LEMMY · DEV FORUMS · X · BLOG
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (22 mentions)
- Popular for coding help (22 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (6 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (6 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (5 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
22 thumbs up · 13 thumbs down
- Help with codeMOSTLY POSITIVE
22 thumbs up · 9 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for DeepSeek Reasoner.
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- X · 2026-08-16 · 4074 UPVOTESDeepSeek has officially increased their prices OpenCode Go's limits have been updated to reflect them We have made progr
DeepSeek has officially increased their prices OpenCode Go's limits have been updated to reflect them We have made progr
- X · 2026-08-16 · 1937 UPVOTESwe've been working to figure out how to get deepseek hosted at near the previous price this is not easy. there are dozen
we've been working to figure out how to get deepseek hosted at near the previous price this is not easy. there are dozen
- REDDIT · 2026-08-17 · 970 UPVOTESA theme for DeepSeek Harness featuring the Liang slider
A theme for DeepSeek Harness featuring the Liang slider
- REDDIT · 2026-08-17 · 517 UPVOTESQwen3.8-27B lands next to DeepSeek V4 and GPT-5.6 Luna Max on the Artificial Analysis Benchmark. You can now run a near frontier model with…
Qwen3.8-27B lands next to DeepSeek V4 and GPT-5.6 Luna Max on the Artificial Analysis Benchmark. You can now run a near frontier model with just a RTX 3090.
- X · 2026-08-16 · 496 UPVOTESI asked 7 ai models who won the @paleochristcon /@RealCandaceO debate based only on info presented and attached the full
I asked 7 ai models who won the @paleochristcon /@RealCandaceO debate based only on info presented and attached the full
- X · 2026-08-16 · 403 UPVOTES🚨 DeepSeek V5 Leak DeepSeek may be preparing its biggest model jump yet > DeepSeek V5 is reportedly targeting a Septemb
🚨 DeepSeek V5 Leak DeepSeek may be preparing its biggest model jump yet > DeepSeek V5 is reportedly targeting a Septemb
- X · 2026-08-16 · 334 UPVOTESDeepSeek did it again. They quietly published a paper that fixes THE fundamental bug in every transformer ever trained.
DeepSeek did it again. They quietly published a paper that fixes THE fundamental bug in every transformer ever trained.
- X · 2026-08-16 · 299 UPVOTESMy wife wanted Macau eggtart from Chinese KFC. Deepseek assured me that Pudong Airport has KFC. Nope. Meituan doesn't de
My wife wanted Macau eggtart from Chinese KFC. Deepseek assured me that Pudong Airport has KFC. Nope. Meituan doesn't de
- X · 2026-08-16 · 272 UPVOTESFirst things first: your usage credits are not changing. DeepSeek officially raised their prices today, so we've updated
First things first: your usage credits are not changing. DeepSeek officially raised their prices today, so we've updated
- X · 2026-08-17 · 253 UPVOTESDeepSeek just open-sourced a full coding agent harness for free that directly replaces Claude Code's $200 a month plan.
DeepSeek just open-sourced a full coding agent harness for free that directly replaces Claude Code's $200 a month plan.
- HACKER NEWS · 2026-06-11 · 246 UPVOTESOpen Reproduction of DeepSeek-R1
Open Reproduction of DeepSeek-R1
- HACKER NEWS · 2026-08-14 · 238 UPVOTESDeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update
DeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update