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
- –
- First answer
- –
- Context
- 128k
- Full answer
- –
- Cost per run
- –
- Released
- 29 May 2025
- Overall index38
- Reasoning26
- Agents & tools35
- Maths43
- Knowledge33
- Instruction following25
- Long context31
- Composite39
How its index has moved
9 Sept 2026 to 23 Oct 2026The 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.
Reasoning
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 9.3%#293 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub |
| GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index | 61.2%#368 | Artificial Analysis |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index | 5.9%#411 | Artificial Analysis |
| CritPt | 0.0%#315 | Artificial Analysis |
Agents & tools
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 1.5%#338 | Artificial Analysis |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index | 0.0%#393 | Artificial Analysis |
Maths
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 43.9%#195 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AA-Omniscience | -63.6#489 | Artificial Analysis |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index | 12.2%#473 | Artificial Analysis |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index | 13.7%#357 | Artificial Analysis |
Instruction following
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 19.9%#417 | Artificial Analysis |
Long context
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AA-LCR | 15.0%#454 | Artificial Analysis |
Composite
| Benchmark | not stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 | 8.1#446 | Artificial 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.
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Cost | With caching | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 400 / 300 | $0.0001 | – | – |
| Summarize a 30-page report | 12,000 / 600 | $0.0008 | – | – |
| Code edit | 6,000 / 1,500 | $0.0005 | – | – |
| Agentic coding session | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.0040 | – | – |
| Structured extraction | 2,000 / 200 | $0.0001 | – | – |
More from DeepSeek
See also
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.