Processing 500 lines of code (~5,600 tokens) with DeepSeek Coder V2.5 costs $0.000784 for codebase ingestion and $0.001098 for an AI-powered code review and refactoring pass.
Quick answer
A 500 lines of code codebase is estimated at 5,600 tokens for DeepSeek Coder V2.5. Ingestion costs $0.000784; a review and refactoring pass with roughly 20% output costs about $0.001098.
Method & trust
Code is estimated at a tokenizer-specific tokens-per-line ratio, then priced separately for repository context and generated review output. Comments, minified files, tests, and repeated context can materially change the bill.
Feed 500 lines of code into the prompt context for repository search, Q&A, or architecture planning.
Ingest 500 lines of code and generate audit findings, unit test recommendations, and refactor diffs.
DeepSeek Coder V2.5 writes 500 lines of code from scratch based on product specifications.
| Model | Provider | Code Ingestion | Cached Ingestion | Code Review Cost | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (Current) | deepseek | $0.000784 | $0.000078 | $0.001098 | 128,000 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | openai | $0.008925 | $0.000893 | $0.0232 | 256,000 |
| Codestral 2501 | mistral | $0.00147 | $0.000147 | $0.002352 | 256,000 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xai | $0.0056 | $0.00112 | $0.00784 | 256,000 |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B | qwen | $0.00112 | $0.000112 | $0.001792 | 128,000 |
| GLM-5.3 (Z.ai) | zai | $0.00784 | $0.001456 | $0.0128 | 1,048,576 |
On average, code yields approximately 11.2 tokens per line in DeepSeek Coder V2.5 (deepseek_bpe tokenizer). Indentation, brackets, camelCase variable names, and comments slightly increase token density compared to plain English text. 500 lines of code produces approximately 5,600 tokens.
Sending 500 lines of code as context and generating a thorough code review with recommendations costs approximately $0.001098. Utilizing prompt caching on repeat turns or static repository definitions drops this to $0.000392.
DeepSeek Coder V2.5 has a context window of 128,000 tokens. 500 lines of code consumes 4.38% of its total available context.