DeepSeek R1 0528 (May '25)
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. DeepSeek R1 0528 (May '25) is a budget-tier option from DeepSeek at $3.00/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on measurable benchmarks — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, DeepSeek R1 0528 (May '25) costs $1.65 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-24.
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