Is deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 cheaper?

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $2.18 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1?

Both models offer a similar context window.

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper on output tokens. Choose deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Provider	SiliconFlow (China)	SiliconFlow (China)
Input / 1M tokens	$0.25	$0.50
Output / 1M tokens	$1.00	$2.18
Context window	164K	164K
Parameters	671B	671B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Dec 2024	May 2025

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 details →deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 details →

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