DeepSeek R1 0528
DeepSeek R1 0528 is worth evaluating for coding, rag, and agents when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding, rag, and agents
- Workloads that can use a 130k context window
- Buyers comparing 4 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Family
- DeepSeek R1
- Released
- 2025-05-28
- Context
- 130k
- Parameters
- 685B total, 37B active (MoE)
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- MITOSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Training
- Pretrained
Cheapest of 7 routes · Fireworks AI
About
DeepSeek R1 0528 is DeepSeek's DeepSeek R1 model with an optional reasoning mode. It offers a 130K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting and scores 81 on GPQA.
DeepSeek R1 0528 is an open-source model in the DeepSeek R1 family. The structured metadata tracks reasoning, structured outputs, and code execution. This page tracks provider routes through Together AI, Fireworks AI, GCP Vertex AI, and 4 more, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.5 input and $2.15 output per 1M tokens. Headline tracked benchmarks include Aider Polyglot 71.4, Google-Proof Q&A 81.0, and AIME 2024 91.4.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
Q/$ C3 relevant benchmarks in the decision map.
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Agents
Q/$ C1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 7Compare API pricing across 4 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $0.560 | $1.68 | - | Serverless |
| DeepInfra | $0.500 | $2.15 | read $0.350 | Serverless |
| OpenRouter | $0.500 | $2.15 | - | Serverless |
| Novita AI | $0.700 | $2.50 | read $0.350 | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(14)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and guardrails; Apache 2.0 core is fully self-hostable with the complete feature set.
AIRouter
RouterCommercial LLM router that analyzes incoming requests and routes to the optimal model for cost/quality/latency via a drop-in OpenAI-compatible API, with a privacy-preserving embedding mode that avoids sending prompt content.
Azure AI Foundry Model Router
RouterMicrosoft Azure AI Foundry's native model router that uses a trained ML model to route each prompt in real time to the optimal Azure-hosted model, with Balanced/Cost/Quality mode selection and automatic failover.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache 2.0 open-source core with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Benchmark scores(7)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 71.4 | 2026-04 | https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards |
| Google-Proof Q&A | 81.0 | — | https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 |
| AIME 2024 | 91.4 | — | https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5 | — | https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 |
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3 | — | https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 |
| MMLU PRO | 85.0 | — | https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6 | — | https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Rankings & picks(1)
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Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of DeepSeek R1 0528?
DeepSeek R1 0528 has a context window of 130k tokens.
How much does DeepSeek R1 0528 cost?
DeepSeek R1 0528 pricing ranges from $0.5/1M to $3/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was DeepSeek R1 0528 released?
DeepSeek R1 0528 was released on 2025-05-28.
Which providers offer DeepSeek R1 0528?
DeepSeek R1 0528 is available from 7 providers: Together AI, Fireworks AI, GCP Vertex AI, Novita AI, OpenRouter, Microsoft Foundry, DeepInfra.
What benchmarks has DeepSeek R1 0528 been tested on?
DeepSeek R1 0528 has been evaluated on 7 benchmarks, including Aider Polyglot, Google-Proof Q&A, AIME 2024, AIME 2025, LiveCodeBench.
Cheapest of 7 routes · Fireworks AI