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DeepSeek-R1
deepseek·deepseek/deepseek-r1·Deprecated·Open weights·deepseek-thinking series
Classic open reasoning model for transparent math, coding, and deliberate problem solving
At a glance
Reference price$3.00 / $7.00 per 1M
Cache read — · Abacus
Lowest paid$0.40 / $1.70
NanoGPT Gateway · 7.5× spread
1 more $0 channels
Context128,000
⚠ Providers report 64,000–163,840; the table below is authoritative
Output limit8,192
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-07
Released / updated2025-01-20 / 2025-05-29
Quality & performanceArtificial Analysis · Intelligence Index v4.1
Intelligence18.6
Value26
Coding24.6
Agentic3.1
Output speed—
TTFT—
Cost per task$0.3241
Value formulaIQ 18.6 ÷ min blended $0.725 = 26
Quality is independently evaluated by Artificial Analysis. Speed/latency are model-level medians.
Available at 18 providers15 with public prices · 1 free
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iFlow | Gateway | Free | — | — | 128,000 | 32,000 | ||
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.70 | $0.20 | — | 128,000 | 8,192 | |
| D.Run (China) | Gateway | $0.55 | $2.20 | — | — | 131,072 ⚠ | 32,000 | |
| Alibaba (China) | First-party | $0.574 | $2.29 | — | — | 131,072 ⚠ | 16,384 | |
| Eden AI deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 | Gateway | $0.70 | $2.40 | — | — | 163,840 ⚠ | 32,768 | |
| Hugging Face deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 | Cloud | $0.70 | $2.50 | — | — | 64,000 ⚠ | 32,768 | |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.70 | $2.50 | — | — | 64,000 ⚠ | 16,000 | |
| Kilo Gateway | Gateway | $0.70 | $2.50 | — | — | 64,000 ⚠ | 16,000 | |
| Amazon Bedrock deepseek.r1-v1:0 | Cloud | $1.35 | $5.40 | — | — | 128,000 | 32,768 | |
| Merge Gateway | Gateway | $1.35 | $5.40 | — | — | 163,840 ⚠ | 40,960 | |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1NanoGPT$141.00
2D.Run (China)$220.00
3Alibaba (China)$229.50
4Eden AI$260.00
5Hugging Face$265.00
6OpenRouter$265.00
1 more channels offer $0 (iFlow); free tiers usually have rate limits and no SLA, excluded from ranking.
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark4 items
| Name | Conditions | Score | Metric | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 56.9 | percent correct | Source ↗ |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Index | — | 15.9 | index | Source ↗ |
| SciCode | — | 35.7 | percent correct | Source ↗ |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | — | 6.1 | success rate | Source ↗ |
The same benchmark scores very differently across harness / dataset, so the qualifying conditions must be shown together.
Reasoning control
effort = high
17 / 18 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
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