This model was retired on 2026-08-13. The pricing below is the last-known rate, kept for migration reference.

R1Deprecated

DeepSeekReleasedJan 1, 2025KnowledgeJul 2024
Tool useReasoningPrompt cachingStructured output
Context
164K
Max output
164K
Serving providers
13
Cheapest input
$0.40 /1M
Prices are on-demand list rates. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: Artificial Analysis
Headline indices
Intelligence Index
20.4
of 100
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
CritPt1%default
EvalComputeProxy185.5default
GPQA Diamond81%default
Humanity's Last Exam16%default
IFBench40%default
LiveCodeBench77%default
Long-Context Reasoning57%default
MMLU-Pro85%default
Omniscience-27.4default
Omniscience Accuracy0.3default
Omniscience Non Hallucination0.2default
SciCode40%default
TerminalBench Hard16%default
τ²-bench37%default

Pricing by serving provider

last-known · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand
Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
Hyperbolic$0.40$0.401
DeepSeek$0.55$2.191
Vercel AI Gateway$0.55$2.191
DeepInfra$0.70$2.401
OpenRouter$0.70$2.501
Nebius$0.80$2.401
Azure$1.35$5.401
Snowflake$1.35$5.401
SambaNova is dearest at $5.00 / $7.00

Price history

input + output $/1M since we started tracking
Input Output
Input down 27% since first tracked
$0.000$1.00$2.00$3.00Jan 28Jul 16Sep 9Aug 28$0.400$0.400

Cost calculator

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$112
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Model IDs

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hyperbolic/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1deepseek/deepseek-r1vercel_ai_gateway/deepseek/deepseek-r1deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1deepseek/deepseek-r1nebius/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1azure_ai/deepseek-r1snowflake/deepseek-r1fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/deepseek-r1together_ai/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1replicate/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1novita/deepseek/deepseek-r1sambanova/DeepSeek-R1

Frequently asked questions

R1 pricing, context and availability

Is R1 still available?

R1 was retired on 2026-08-13. The pricing on this page is the last-known rate, kept for migration reference.

How much did R1 cost?

R1's last-known pricing, before it was retired on 2026-08-13, was $0.40 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens.

What was the context window of R1?

R1 had a 164K token context window and could return up to 164K output tokens.

What could R1 do?

R1 supported tool use, reasoning, prompt caching and structured output.

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