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DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B

DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B is a DeepSeek open-weights reasoning model, released 29 May 2025. Its best configuration ranks #728 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 37.6 ±6.7, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 249 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in maths (43) and lowest in instruction following (25). At $0.068 per million tokens blended it is among the cheapest fifth of ranked models. Last measured 29 May 2025.stale: no new result in six months

Blended price
$0.068/M
$0.060 in · $0.090 out
Output speed
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First answer
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Context
128k
Full answer
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Cost per run
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Released
29 May 2025
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index38
  2. Reasoning26
  3. Agents & tools35
  4. Maths43
  5. Knowledge33
  6. Instruction following25
  7. Long context31
  8. Composite39

How its index has moved

9 Sept 2026 to 23 Oct 2026
303845

The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. 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

Maths

Benchmarknot statedSource
OTIS Mock AIME43.9%#195Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub

Instruction following

Benchmarknot statedSource
IFBench19.9%#417Artificial Analysis

Long context

Benchmarknot statedSource
AA-LCR15.0%#454Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmarknot statedSource
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.28.1#446Artificial Analysis

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. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.

WorkloadTokens in / outCostWith cachingTime
Chat reply400 / 300$0.0001––
Summarize a 30-page report12,000 / 600$0.0008––
Code edit6,000 / 1,500$0.0005––
Agentic coding session60,000 / 4,000$0.0040––
Structured extraction2,000 / 200$0.0001––

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Questions people ask

What are DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B's benchmark scores?
As of 24 Oct 2026, DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B scores 37.6 ±6.7 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in maths (43) and weakest in instruction following (25). That rests on 8 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B rank?
DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B is #728 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026. 249 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
How much does DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B cost per 1M tokens?
As of 24 Oct 2026, DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B costs $0.060 per 1M input tokens and $0.090 per 1M output tokens, $0.068 blended (three input tokens per output token).
When was DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B released?
DeepSeek released DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B on 29 May 2025.

Data as of 24 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 24 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/deepseek-r1-0528-qwen3-8b.