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DeepSeek R1

by Merge Gateway · family deepseek-thinking · listed Jan 2025RW

Classic open reasoning model for transparent math, coding, and deliberate problem solving

Current rates USD per 1M tokens

Input$1.35
Output$5.40
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Against the market

Input price vs. maker flagships ($/1M tokens)
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: $0.15 per 1M tokens$0.15Qwen3.8 Omni FlashQwen3.8 Omni Flash: $0.15 per 1M tokens$0.15Gemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3.8 Flash: $0.75 per 1M tokens$0.75DeepSeek R1DeepSeek R1: $1.35 per 1M tokens$1.35GLM-5.3GLM-5.3: $1.40 per 1M tokens$1.40Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5: $2.00 per 1M tokens$2.00GPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Sol: $2.00 per 1M tokens$2.00Grok 4.7Grok 4.7: $2.00 per 1M tokens$2.00
Output price vs. maker flagships ($/1M tokens)
Qwen3.8 Omni FlashQwen3.8 Omni Flash: $0.47 per 1M tokens$0.47DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: $0.60 per 1M tokens$0.60Gemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3.8 Flash: $3.75 per 1M tokens$3.75GLM-5.3GLM-5.3: $4.40 per 1M tokens$4.40DeepSeek R1DeepSeek R1: $5.40 per 1M tokens$5.40Grok 4.7Grok 4.7: $6.00 per 1M tokens$6.00Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5: $10.00 per 1M tokens$10.00GPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Sol: $10.00 per 1M tokens$10.00

On the record

Model id
deepseek/deepseek-r1
Context window
164K tokens
Max output
41K tokens
Input modalities
text
Output modalities
text
Reasoning
yes
Tool calls
no
Open weights
yes
Knowledge cutoff
Jul 2024
Released
2025-01-20
Last updated
2025-05-29

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