DeepSeek: R1
🇨🇳 DeepSeek · R1
Overview
DeepSeek: R1 is a large language model API from DeepSeek, part of its R1 model family. Priced at $0.700 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens, it occupies the mid-range, balancing capability against running cost. Output tokens cost about 4× as much as input, so prompt-heavy workloads run noticeably cheaper than generation-heavy ones. The 164K-token context window — around 246 pages of text — comfortably handles long documents, multi-file code, or extended conversations. On Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index it scores 19 (D grade), a useful proxy for its general reasoning strength relative to the other models tracked here. All prices on this page reflect OpenRouter's routed rates and are re-synced automatically every day; confirm against the provider's official pricing before committing to production.
| Dimension | Unit | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Input | per 1M tokens | $0.700 |
| Output | per 1M tokens | $2.50 |
- Provider
- DeepSeek
- Model Family
- R1
- Version String
- deepseek/deepseek-r1
- Status
- Active
- Modality
- Text
- Context Window
- 163,840 tokens
- Output Limit
- 16,000 tokens
Index Metrics
Cross-domain capability indexes evaluated by Artificial Analysis — Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
Data source: Artificial Analysis
Use Case Analysis
Model strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases based on benchmarks and official documentation
Strength
- Superior Reasoning via RL First open-source model trained with pure RL (no SFT) with reasoning comparable to OpenAI o1. Official
- Exceptional Math Performance AIME 2024 79.8%, MATH-500 97.3%, outperforming o1 on many benchmarks. Official
- Competitive Programming Excellence Codeforces rating 2029, percentile 96.3%. Superior code generation and problem-solving. Official
Best For
- Advanced Math & Science Complex mathematical proofs, scientific reasoning, and multi-step problem solving. Official
- Competitive Programming Algorithm design, competitive coding challenges, and complex code generation. Official
Weakness
- Verbose Output Generates long chain-of-thought reasoning; may produce verbose outputs for simple queries. Official
Not Recommended
- Simple Quick Queries Straightforward questions and simple tasks; use faster models. Official
- Real-time Applications Applications requiring immediate responses; reasoning overhead makes it unsuitable for low-latency needs. Official
90-Day Price Trend
Input / Output price (USD per 1M tokens)
Past 90 days of records; every price change is shown here
| Date | Dimension | Price (USD) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter | |
| Output | $2.50 | OpenRouter | |
| Input | $0.700 | OpenRouter |
Key Insights
Key data points from this page for quick reference and citation.
- DeepSeek: R1 Input price: $0.7/M tokens
- DeepSeek: R1 Output price: $2.5/M tokens
- Context window: 163,840 tokens
- Provider: DeepSeek
- Model family: R1
- Modalities: Text
- Data source: OpenRouter, updated daily