BenchLeader

DeepSeek R1

Best configuration ranks #311 of 610 on the BenchLeader Index at 48.9 ±4.0. Last measured 2 Sept 2026. Released 20 Jan 2025.

Blended price
$0.315/M
$0.280 in · $0.420 out
Output speed
19 tok/s
First answer
1.19 s
Context
131k
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index49
  2. Reasoning48
  3. Coding54
  4. Agents & tools47
  5. Maths52
  6. Knowledge46
  7. Instruction following42
  8. Human preference61
  9. Long context44
  10. Composite46

Benchmark results

One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Agents & tools

Instruction following

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IFBench39.6%#255Artificial Analysis

Human preference

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LMArena Text1421#106LMArena

Long context

Where to run it

Every provider serving this model through OpenRouter, with throughput and first-token latency measured on live traffic over the last 30 minutes and each provider’s own price. Purple marks the best in each column.

ProviderSpeedFirst tokenInput $/MOutput $/MContextQuantisation
NovitaAI19 tok/s1.19 s$0.700$2.5064kfp8

What a task costs

Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache at $0.350 per 1M. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.

WorkloadTokens in / outCostWith cachingTime
Chat reply400 / 300$0.0002$0.000317.0 s
Summarise a 30-page report12,000 / 600$0.0036$0.004232.8 s
Code edit6,000 / 1,500$0.0023$0.00261.3 min
Agentic coding session60,000 / 4,000$0.018$0.0223.5 min
Structured extraction2,000 / 200$0.0006$0.000711.7 s

See also

Data as of 9 Sept 2026. Compare with another model.