Is DeepSeek-R1 (US) or Claude Opus 4.1 cheaper?

DeepSeek-R1 (US) is cheaper on output tokens ($5.40 vs $75.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek-R1 (US) or Claude Opus 4.1?

Claude Opus 4.1 has the larger context window (200K tokens).

DeepSeek-R1 (US) vs Claude Opus 4.1

DeepSeek-R1 (US) is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 4.1 offers a larger context window. Choose DeepSeek-R1 (US) or Claude Opus 4.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	DeepSeek-R1 (US)	Claude Opus 4.1
Provider	Amazon Bedrock	Amazon Bedrock
Input / 1M tokens	$1.35	$15.00
Output / 1M tokens	$5.40	$75.00
Context window	128K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jan 2025	Aug 2025

DeepSeek-R1 (US) details →Claude Opus 4.1 details →

FAQ

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