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DeepSeek V3 vs DeepSeek R1
List-price comparison ·DeepSeek V3 details ·DeepSeek R1 details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), DeepSeek V3 is the cheapest — 51% less than the priciest here ($72.04/mo vs $146.00/mo).
| DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek R1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.257 | $0.500 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $1.03 | $2.15 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0007 | $0.0015 |
| Context window | 163,840 tokens | 163,840 tokens |
| Max output | 16k tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Quality score | 85/100 | 84/100 |
| Tier | Balanced | Flagship |
| Provider | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
Projected monthly cost
| Requests / mo | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek R1 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $0.7204 | $1.46 |
| 10,000 | $7.20 | $14.60 |
| 100,000 | $72.04 | $146.00 |
DeepSeek V3
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DeepSeek R1
Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.
Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.
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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.