deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b vs o3
Input price
$2.20
$2.00
Output price
$2.50
$8.00
Context window
8K
200K
Throughput
131 tok/s
170 tok/s
Availability
97.4%
96.2%
Cost / task
$0.006
$0.008
Efficiency score
87
86
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
DEEPSEEK-R1-DI
O3
Chat assistant
$960.00
$1,560
RAG / long context
$2,865
$3,120
Agent / tool use
$2,484
$4,320
Efficiency score: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
Across price, speed and reliability, deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b 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 o3 cheaper?+
o3 has the lower input price — $2.00 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 o3?+
Across price, speed and reliability, deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.