DeepSeek V3.1 Base vs Mercury Coder: side-by-side summary

DeepSeek V3.1 Base and Mercury Coder are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

DeepSeek V3.1 Base, from DeepSeek, has a 163,840-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Mercury Coder, from inception, has a 128,000-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Context window

• DeepSeek V3.1 Base: 163,840 tokens
• Mercury Coder: 128,000 tokens

Price

• DeepSeek V3.1 Base: Pricing varies by provider
• Mercury Coder: Pricing varies by provider

Provided by

• DeepSeek V3.1 Base: DeepSeek
• Mercury Coder: inception

• DeepSeek V3.1 Base model details, providers and pricing
• Mercury Coder model details, providers and pricing