R1 Distill Llama 70B pricing

R1 Distill Llama 70B from DeepSeek costs $0.800 per 1M input tokens and $0.800 per 1M output tokens. Context window 8,192 tokens.

API id deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b · DeepSeek · source · updated 2026-08-11

$0.800
Input / 1M tokens
$0.800
Output / 1M tokens
Cached input / 1M
8K
Context window

What R1 Distill Llama 70B costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0012
Document summary50,0002,000$0.04
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.96

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does R1 Distill Llama 70B cost per 1M tokens?
R1 Distill Llama 70B costs $0.800 per 1M input tokens and $0.800 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is R1 Distill Llama 70B's context window?
R1 Distill Llama 70B accepts up to 8,192 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 8,192 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper DeepSeek model than R1 Distill Llama 70B?
Yes. DeepSeek V3 is $0.257 per 1M input tokens versus $0.800 for R1 Distill Llama 70B, with a 163,840 token context window.
Where does this R1 Distill Llama 70B price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because DeepSeek does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from DeepSeek's own — verify before committing spend.

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