DeepSeek R1 1M input/output tokens price and performance

Complete Analysis: 2,000,000 tokens for DeepSeek R1

Complete analysis of pricing, performance, and use cases for DeepSeek's DeepSeek R1 model .

$2.740000 Total Cost
2,000,000 Total Tokens
4 hours, 57 minutes, 13.51 seconds Processing Time
112 Effective Tokens/Sec

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ℹ️ Bulk Calculation: Total volume exceeds single-request limit of 163,840 tokens. Budgeting mode active.

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DeepSeek R1
DeepSeekMax Context: 163,840 tokens
$0.55 / $2.19 per 1M tokens
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$0.550000 Input Cost
$2.190000 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
2,000,000Total Tokens
$0.001370Cost per 1K
729,927Tokens per $
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Processing Speed

297m 13s Processing Time
120 Tokens/Second
220ms Time to First Token
112 Effective Speed

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Hourly storage fee for cached data
First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after

🧠 Reasoning & Thinking
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)

🔧 Special Modes
Enable 6.0x Fast Mode multiplier

📚 Research & Citations
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Fee per source cited

🎤 Realtime Audio & Video
Session length for billing

DeepSeek R1 DeepSeek

$2.740000
Total Cost
⚠️ Bulk Calculation: Total volume exceeds single-request limit of 163,840 tokens. Budgeting mode active.
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Batch API
✓ Available
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $2.740000 Input: $0.550000
Output: $2.190000
Optimized Cost $2.740000 Input: $0.550000
Output: $2.190000
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 1,000,000 input tokens and 1,000,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.550000
  • Output Cost: $2.190000
  • Total Cost: $2.740000
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.001370
  • Tokens per dollar: 729,927 tokens
  • Context Window: 163840 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 120 tokens per second and 220ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 4 hours, 57 minutes, 13.51 seconds
  • Latency: 220 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 120 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 112 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

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Input Tokens: 1,000,000
Output Tokens: 1,000,000
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs DeepSeek R1
🏆 Llama 4 Scout
Meta AI
$0.380000 Best Value ↓ 86.1% cheaper
🥈 Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI
$8.000000 ↑ 192% more
🥉 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
$17.500000 ↑ 538.7% more
#4 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
$17.500000 ↑ 538.7% more
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Llama 4 Scout
Meta AI

$0.380000
vs DeepSeek R1: ↓ 86.1%
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Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI

$8.000000
vs DeepSeek R1: ↑ 192%
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Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

$17.500000
vs DeepSeek R1: ↑ 538.7%
#4

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

$17.500000
vs DeepSeek R1: ↑ 538.7%
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