Compare cost, what each option includes, setup, availability, and fit. Unknown facts remain unknown. Checked 2026-09-02.
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Token cost at moderate daily use. A dash means an exact offering price is not observed; it never means $0.
Specifications
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| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B vendor · 12d | DeepSeek V3.2 vendor · 12d | |
|---|---|---|
| API format | OpenAI OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 | OpenAI, Anthropic OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 |
| Architecture class | — | Mixture of experts |
| Architecture | — | Transformer with MLA attention and mixture-of-experts feed-forward blocks |
| Capabilities | Thinking OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 | Tools, Thinking OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 |
| Context window | 128000 OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 | 131072 OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 |
| Execution Paths | api, self_host OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 | api OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 |
| Total parameters | 70B DeepSeek official R1 Distill Llama 70B model card · 2026-08-22 | — |
| Restricted access | No OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 | No OpenRouter · 2026-07-06 |
| Class | standard | value |
Cost at three usage tiers
| A few questions and small tasks each day. | $5.52/mo | $1.97/mo |
| Daily use, plus some scheduled tasks. | $18.40/mo | $6.58/mo |
| Working for you most of the day, including web tasks. | $55.20/mo | $19.74/mo |
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What others don't publish
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
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DeepSeek V3.2
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