DeepSeek R1 — pricing & specs
DeepSeek R1 is a balanced model from DeepSeek, at capability tier 5 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-05-28.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-05-28 · OpenRouter (lowest)What DeepSeek R1 costs in practice
At $2.50/M output tokens, DeepSeek R1 is the 3rd-cheapest of 9 priced tier-5 models in the Mintok catalog — about 0% below the tier median of $2.50/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $3.20 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.011 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $2.65 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $0.880 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-05-28) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- DeepSeek
- Family
- DeepSeek R1
- Capability tier
- 5 / 8
- Size class
- BALANCED
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 671B total · 8B active (MoE)
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
Modeled decode on a reference NVIDIA Rubin Ultra VR300 at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →
Alternatives at tier 5
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- DeepSeek V3DeepSeek$0.80/M out
- Mistral Large 2Mistral$1.50/M out
- Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle$2.50/M out
- Grok 4.3xAI$2.50/M out
- o3OpenAI$8/M out
- GPT-4oOpenAI$10/M out
FAQ
How much does DeepSeek R1 cost per token?
DeepSeek R1 costs $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens, via OpenRouter (lowest), as of 2026-05-28.
Is DeepSeek R1 expensive?
At $2.50/M output tokens, DeepSeek R1 is the 3rd-cheapest of 9 priced tier-5 models in the Mintok catalog — about 0% below the tier median of $2.50/M.
What does a typical request with DeepSeek R1 cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with DeepSeek R1 costs about $0.011, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $2.65.
What is DeepSeek R1's context window?
DeepSeek R1 supports a 131,072-token context window.
What capability tier is DeepSeek R1?
DeepSeek R1 sits at capability tier 5 of 8 on the Mintok scale (BALANCED size class).
Is DeepSeek R1 open-source or proprietary?
DeepSeek R1 is a proprietary model from DeepSeek, accessed via API.
Put DeepSeek R1 to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.