deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b vs o1-mini
Input price
$2.20
$1.10
Output price
$2.50
$4.40
Context window
8K
128K
Throughput
131 tok/s
160 tok/s
Availability
97.4%
98.8%
Cost / task
$0.006
$0.004
Efficiency score
87
87
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
DEEPSEEK-R1-DI
O1-MINI
Chat assistant
$960.00
$858.00
RAG / long context
$2,865
$1,716
Agent / tool use
$2,484
$2,376
Efficiency score: o1-mini
Across price, speed and reliability, o1-mini offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b or o1-mini cheaper?+
o1-mini has the lower input price — $1.10 vs $2.20 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b or o1-mini?+
Across price, speed and reliability, o1-mini offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.