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DeepSeek R1 vs Ring-2.6-1T
List-price comparison ·DeepSeek R1 details ·Ring-2.6-1T details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Ring-2.6-1T is the cheapest — 77% less than the priciest here ($34.00/mo vs $146.00/mo).
| DeepSeek R1 | Ring-2.6-1T | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.500 | $0.075 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $2.15 | $0.625 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0015 | $0.0003 |
| Context window | 163,840 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 32,768 tokens | 65,536 tokens |
| Quality score | 84/100 | 68/100 |
| Tier | Flagship | Balanced |
| Provider | DeepSeek | InclusionAI |
Projected monthly cost
| Requests / mo | DeepSeek R1 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $1.46 | $0.34 |
| 10,000 | $14.60 | $3.40 |
| 100,000 | $146.00 | $34.00 |
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.
Ring-2.6-1T
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