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 7,372 output tokens.

Is there a cheaper DeepSeek model than R1 Distill Llama 70B?

Yes. DeepSeek V3 is $0.320 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.

R1 Distill Llama 70B pricing

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is a distilled large language model based on Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct, using outputs from DeepSeek R1. 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 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.800

Input / 1M tokens

$0.800

Output / 1M tokens

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Cached input / 1M

Context window

R1 Distill Llama 70B specifications

Provider: DeepSeek
API id: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
Model type: general-purpose
Context window: 8K tokens
Max output: 7K tokens
Currency: USD
Price source: Provider API
Last checked: 2026-09-25

R1 Distill Llama 70B across providers

The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.

Provider	Input /1M	Cached /1M	Output /1M	1M in + 1M out	vs vendor
DeepSeekVendorCheapestviewing	$0.800	—	$0.800	$1.60	—
OpenRouterHost	$0.800	—	$0.800	$1.60	—

What R1 Distill Llama 70B costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
Workload	Input tokens	Output tokens	Estimated cost
Short chat turn	1,000	500	$0.0012
Document summary	50,000	2,000	$0.04
1M tokens in, 200K out	1,000,000	200,000	$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 7,372 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper DeepSeek model than R1 Distill Llama 70B?: Yes. DeepSeek V3 is $0.320 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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