AI Code Documentation Generation: DeepSeek R1 Reasoning

Complete Analysis: 80,000 tokens for deepseek-r1

Complete analysis of pricing, performance, and use cases for DeepSeek's deepseek-r1 model .

📊 Batch API
$0.045668 (rounded ~ $0.05) Total Cost
80,000 Total Tokens
11 minutes, 26.85 seconds Processing Time
117 Effective Tokens/Sec

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DeepSeek R1
DeepSeekMax Context: 163,840 tokens
$0.55 / $2.19 per 1M tokens
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$0.045668 Total Cost
$0.013475 Input Cost
$0.032193 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
80,000Total Tokens
$0.000571Cost per 1K
1,751,774Tokens per $
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

11m 26s Processing Time
120 Tokens/Second
220ms Time to First Token
117 Effective Speed

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Model Information

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🔄 Advanced Options

⚡ Optimization
Flat fee per session (e.g., $0.03 for Code Interpreter)
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
Enable $1.00/$4.00 rates + $10.00/1k search
Enable research tier pricing
Fee per source cited
🎤 Realtime Audio & Video
Session length for billing

deepseek-r1 DeepSeek

$0.045668 (rounded ~ $0.05)
Total Cost
📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
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Vision/Images
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Audio Processing
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Video Analysis
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Tool Usage
✗ Not Available requested
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OCR Support
✗ Not Available
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Batch API
✓ Available
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Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.045668 (rounded ~ $0.05) Input: $0.013475 (rounded ~ $0.01)
Output: $0.032193 (rounded ~ $0.03)
Optimized Cost $0.045668 (rounded ~ $0.05) Input: $0.013475 (rounded ~ $0.01)
Output: $0.032193 (rounded ~ $0.03)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
30.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 50,000 input tokens and 30,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.013475 (rounded ~ $0.01)
  • Output Cost: $0.032193 (rounded ~ $0.03)
  • Total Cost: $0.045668 (rounded ~ $0.05)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000571
  • Tokens per dollar: 1,751,774 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: 11 minutes, 26.85 seconds
  • Latency: 220 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 120 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 117 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

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📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 50,000
Output Tokens: 30,000
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs deepseek-r1
🏆 Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI
 $0.003500 Best Value ↓ 92.3% cheaper
🥈 Grok Code Fast 1
xAI
 $0.013750 (rounded ~ $0.01) ↓ 69.9% cheaper
🥉 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
 $0.014375 (rounded ~ $0.01) ↓ 68.5% cheaper
#4 Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI
 $0.017500 (rounded ~ $0.02) ↓ 61.7% cheaper
#5 Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google
 $0.022500 (rounded ~ $0.02) ↓ 50.7% cheaper
#6 Llama 4 Maverick (400B)
Meta AI
 $0.025500 (rounded ~ $0.03) ↓ 44.2% cheaper
#7 Grok 4.3
xAI
 $0.034375 (rounded ~ $0.03) ↓ 24.7% cheaper
#8 o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.042500 (rounded ~ $0.04) ↓ 6.9% cheaper
#9 GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI
 $0.043125 (rounded ~ $0.04) ↓ 5.6% cheaper
#10 o4-mini
OpenAI
 $0.046750 (rounded ~ $0.05) ↑ 2.4% more
#11 Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
 $0.050000 ↑ 9.5% more
#12 Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google
 $0.057500 (rounded ~ $0.06) ↑ 25.9% more
#13 Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI
 $0.070000 ↑ 53.3% more
#14 Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google
 $0.086250 (rounded ~ $0.09) ↑ 88.9% more
#15 GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI
 $0.126875 (rounded ~ $0.13) ↑ 177.8% more
#16 GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI
 $0.126875 (rounded ~ $0.13) ↑ 177.8% more
#17 Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.150000 ↑ 228.5% more
#18 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
 $0.181250 (rounded ~ $0.18) ↑ 296.9% more
#19 Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google
 $0.230000 ↑ 403.6% more
#20 Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic
 $0.250000 ↑ 447.4% more
#21 Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
 $0.250000 ↑ 447.4% more
#22 Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.250000 ↑ 447.4% more
#23 GPT-5.4
OpenAI
 $0.287500 (rounded ~ $0.29) ↑ 529.5% more
#24 GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI
 $0.287500 (rounded ~ $0.29) ↑ 529.5% more
#25 GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI
 $0.287500 (rounded ~ $0.29) ↑ 529.5% more
#26 o3 Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.425000 (rounded ~ $0.43) ↑ 830.6% more
#27 GPT-5.5
OpenAI
 $0.575000 (rounded ~ $0.58) ↑ 1159.1% more
#28 o3 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.850000 ↑ 1761.3% more
#29 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
 $1.522500 (rounded ~ $1.52) ↑ 3233.8% more
#30 GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI
 $1.725000 (rounded ~ $1.73) ↑ 3677.3% more
#31 GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI
 $1.725000 (rounded ~ $1.73) ↑ 3677.3% more
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Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

$0.003500
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 92.3%
🥈

Grok Code Fast 1
xAI

$0.013750 (rounded ~ $0.01)
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 69.9%
🥉

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.014375 (rounded ~ $0.01)
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 68.5%
#4

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

$0.017500 (rounded ~ $0.02)
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 61.7%
#5

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google

$0.022500 (rounded ~ $0.02)
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 50.7%
#6

Llama 4 Maverick (400B)
Meta AI

$0.025500 (rounded ~ $0.03)
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 44.2%
#7

Grok 4.3
xAI

$0.034375 (rounded ~ $0.03)
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 24.7%
#8

o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.042500 (rounded ~ $0.04)
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 6.9%
#9

GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI

$0.043125 (rounded ~ $0.04)
vs deepseek-r1: ↓ 5.6%
#10

o4-mini
OpenAI

$0.046750 (rounded ~ $0.05)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 2.4%
#11

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

$0.050000
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 9.5%
#12

Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google

$0.057500 (rounded ~ $0.06)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 25.9%
#13

Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI

$0.070000
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 53.3%
#14

Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google

$0.086250 (rounded ~ $0.09)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 88.9%
#15

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

$0.126875 (rounded ~ $0.13)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 177.8%
#16

GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI

$0.126875 (rounded ~ $0.13)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 177.8%
#17

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

$0.150000
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 228.5%
#18

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

$0.181250 (rounded ~ $0.18)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 296.9%
#19

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

$0.230000
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 403.6%
#20

Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic

$0.250000
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 447.4%
#21

Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic

$0.250000
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 447.4%
#22

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

$0.250000
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 447.4%
#23

GPT-5.4
OpenAI

$0.287500 (rounded ~ $0.29)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 529.5%
#24

GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI

$0.287500 (rounded ~ $0.29)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 529.5%
#25

GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI

$0.287500 (rounded ~ $0.29)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 529.5%
#26

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.425000 (rounded ~ $0.43)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 830.6%
#27

GPT-5.5
OpenAI

$0.575000 (rounded ~ $0.58)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 1159.1%
#28

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$0.850000
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 1761.3%
#29

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$1.522500 (rounded ~ $1.52)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 3233.8%
#30

GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI

$1.725000 (rounded ~ $1.73)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 3677.3%
#31

GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI

$1.725000 (rounded ~ $1.73)
vs deepseek-r1: ↑ 3677.3%
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