# DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus Overview ## **Model Summary** DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is an updated checkpoint of the DeepSeek-V3 family and refines model stability, multilingual consistency, and agent behavior. It improves agent and code/search capabilities while addressing mixed-language and character issues seen in earlier checkpoints. This model is ready for commercial/non-commercial use. **Third-Party Community Consideration:**
This model is not owned or developed by NVIDIA. This model has been developed and built to a third-party's requirements for this application and use case; see link to [Non-NVIDIA DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus Model Card](https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus). **GOVERNING TERMS:** The trial service is governed by the [NVIDIA API Trial Terms of Service](https://assets.ngc.nvidia.com/products/api-catalog/legal/NVIDIA%20API%20Trial%20Terms%20of%20Service.pdf). Use of this model is governed by the [NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/agreements/enterprise-software/nvidia-open-model-license/). Additional Information: [MIT](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/). ### Deployment Geography: Global
### Use Case: Reasoning, search/agent workflows, code assistance, multilingual QA, and knowledge retrieval for research and enterprise applications. ### Release Date: build.nvidia.com 10/06/2025 via [link](https://build.nvidia.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-v3_1-terminus)
Huggingface 08/21/2025 via [link](https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus)
### Reference(s): References: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus ## **Model Architecture** **Architecture Type:** Transformer
**Network Architecture:** DeepSeek-V3 Mixture-of-Experts variant with MLA
**Total Parameters:** ~685B
**Base Model:** DeepSeek-V3 family
## **Input** **Input Types:** Text
**Input Formats:** String
**Input Parameters:** One Dimensional (1D)
**Other Input Properties:** Undisclosed
## **Output** **Output Types:** Text
**Output Format:** String
**Output Parameters:** One Dimensional (1D)
**Other Output Properties:** Undisclosed
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SGLang **Supported Hardware Microarchitecture Compatibility:**
NVIDIA Blackwell
NVIDIA Hopper
**Operating Systems:** Linux
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DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
## **Training, Testing, and Evaluation Datasets** ### Training Dataset **Training Data Collection:** Undisclosed
**Training Labeling:** Undisclosed
**Training Properties:** Undisclosed
**Data Modality:** Text **Text Training Data Size:** [1 Billion to 10 Trillion Tokens] ### Testing Dataset **Testing Data Collection:** Undisclosed
**Testing Labeling:** Undisclosed
**Testing Properties:** Undisclosed
### Evaluation Dataset **Evaluation Benchmark Score:** Undisclosed
**Evaluation Data Collection:** Undisclosed
**Evaluation Labeling:** Undisclosed
**Evaluation Properties:** Undisclosed
## **Inference** **Acceleration Engine:** SGLang
**Test Hardware:** B200
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