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DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
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RANKED #95 OF 319 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #125 OF 495 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 6.1 · 679 VOICES ·
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DeepSeek-V3.1 Terminus is an update to [DeepSeek V3.1](/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1) that maintains the model's original capabilities while addressing issues reported by users, including language consistency and agent capabilities, further
HAPPY8.5
64 mentions
SAD6.5
56 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 224 voices in this window
HONEYMOON FADING
Early praise is cooling off in recent weeks.
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 V3.1 Terminus once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
671B MoE parameters (37B active), a Q4_K_M GGUF file is about 404 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra (192 GB unified memory)
192 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$3800 USEDToo large for single consumer GPUs; runs extreme low-bit UD-IQ1_S quant (~160 GB footprint) at ~4 tok/s with short conte
- SWEET SPOT
Dual Mac Studio M2 Ultra cluster (384 GB unified memory tota
384 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$7600 USEDIQ3_XXS or Q3_K_M quant across 2 nodes, ~12 tok/s, 16k context
- FULL POWER
Dedicated server node with 8x NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada (384 GB VR
384 GB - 640 GB VRAM
~$55000 USEDFull FP8 native precision or unsloth Q4_K_M quant, full 128k context, tensor parallel 8, ~40 tok/s
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN DEEPSEEK V3.1 TERMINUS?
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 V3.1 Terminus takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMApple Mac Studio M2 Ultra (192 GB unified memory) | SWEET SPOTDual Mac Studio M2 Ultra cluster (384 GB unified memory tota | FULL POWERDedicated server node with 8x NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada (384 GB VR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~2.1 MIN★★★★★ | ~42 S★★★★★ | ~13 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~6.3 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.1 MIN★★★★★ | ~38 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~33 MIN★★★★★ | ~11 MIN★★★★★ | ~3.3 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~1.7 HR★★★★★ | ~35 MIN★★★★★ | ~10 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~63 MIN★★★★★ | ~21 MIN★★★★★ | ~6.3 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
People generally like DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus, with some gripes. Biggest praise: price. Biggest gripe: getting facts right.
490 POSTS · 189 COMMENTS · GITHUB · BLUESKY · REDDIT · DEV FORUMS · LEMMY · HACKER NEWS · DEV.TO · X · BLOG
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (7 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT MORE
- Sometimes makes things up (4 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (2 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PricePEOPLE LOVE THIS
7 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
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LFM2.5 24B A2B> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2026-02-17 · 587 UPVOTESCar Wash Test on 53 leading models: “I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?”
Car Wash Test on 53 leading models: “I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?”
- REDDIT · 2025-08-21 · 513 UPVOTESDeepSeek-V3.1 has officially launched
DeepSeek-V3.1 has officially launched
- REDDIT · 2026-03-02 · 505 UPVOTESDeepseek V4 - All Leaks and Infos for the Release Day - Not Verified!
Deepseek V4 - All Leaks and Infos for the Release Day - Not Verified!
- REDDIT · 2026-01-25 · 385 UPVOTESOllama Models Ranked by VRAM Requirements
Ollama Models Ranked by VRAM Requirements
- REDDIT · 2025-08-19 · 326 UPVOTESDeepSeek v3.1 already does better than ChatGPT-5. Change my mind.
DeepSeek v3.1 already does better than ChatGPT-5. Change my mind.
- REDDIT · 2025-08-19 · 305 UPVOTESDeepSeek v3.1 just went live on HuggingFace
DeepSeek v3.1 just went live on HuggingFace
- REDDIT · 2025-07-11 · 288 UPVOTESKimi K2: New SoTA non-reasoning model 1T parameters open-source and outperforms DeepSeek-v3.1 and GPT-4.1 by a large margin
Kimi K2: New SoTA non-reasoning model 1T parameters open-source and outperforms DeepSeek-v3.1 and GPT-4.1 by a large margin
- REDDIT · 2025-08-19 · 221 UPVOTESDeepSeek v3.1 just went live on HuggingFace
DeepSeek v3.1 just went live on HuggingFace
- REDDIT · 2025-11-22 · 217 UPVOTESYour local Ollama agents can be just as good as closed-source models - I open-sourced Stanford's ACE framework that makes agents learn from…
Your local Ollama agents can be just as good as closed-source models - I open-sourced Stanford's ACE framework that makes agents learn from mistakes
- REDDIT · 2025-09-22 · 194 UPVOTESALL FREE DEEPSEEK V3.1 PROVIDERS
ALL FREE DEEPSEEK V3.1 PROVIDERS
- REDDIT · 2025-09-01 · 176 UPVOTESFREE DEEPSEEK V3.1 FOR ROLEPLAY
FREE DEEPSEEK V3.1 FOR ROLEPLAY
- REDDIT · 2025-08-19 · 168 UPVOTESDeepseek v3.1 beating R1 even with the thinking mode turned off. I'm very excited, please be better at RP.
Deepseek v3.1 beating R1 even with the thinking mode turned off. I'm very excited, please be better at RP.