DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B API Pricing

DeepSeek · released 2025-01-20

Pricing

$0.70
input / 1M tokens
0.070¢ / 1K
$1.10
output / 1M tokens
0.110¢ / 1K
$0.80
blended / 1M tokens
0.080¢ / 1K

What it actually costs

WorkloadTokensCost
Short chat reply500 in / 300 out0.068¢
RAG query4,000 in / 500 out0.335¢
Long document summary50,000 in / 1,000 out$0.0361
Code review of a 2k-line file30,000 in / 2,000 out$0.0232
1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days30,000 × (500 in / 300 out)$20.40

Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.70) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $1.10).

Benchmarks

7.9
Intelligence
#325 of 533
Coding
53.7
Math
#123 of 249
Tokens/sec
Time to first token

Similar intelligence, lower price

ModelIntelligenceBlended $/1M
Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B6.9$0.028
Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)8.9$0.04
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Nova Micro5.9$0.061

Leaderboard neighbours

ModelIntelligenceBlended $/1M
Llama 4 Scout8.1$0.313
Qwen2.5 Max8.0
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct '24)7.9$6.00
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B7.9$0.80
Gemini 1.5 Pro (Sep '24)7.9
Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Reasoning)7.9
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct7.9$0.35

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DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning)21.5$0.315
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Count tokens & estimate cost for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B See DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B on the leaderboard

Source: Artificial Analysis · last synced 2026-09-22

FAQ

Who develops DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is developed by DeepSeek, released 2025-01-20.

How much does DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B cost per million tokens?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $1.10 per 1M output tokens ($0.80 blended), per Artificial Analysis's official pricing data.

How does DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B rank on benchmarks?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B scores 7.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, ranking #325 of 533 models we track.

Is there a cheaper model with similar intelligence to DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?

Yes — Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B scores similar intelligence (6.9) at $0.028/1M blended, versus $0.80/1M for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B.

Where does this data come from?

Pricing and benchmark data for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B comes from Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai), synced daily. Last synced 2026-09-22.