DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
- Workloads that can use a 128k context window
- Buyers comparing 4 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Family
- DeepSeek R1
- Released
- 2025-01-20
- Context
- 128k
- Parameters
- 70B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2023-12
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- MITOSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Unknown
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Multi-stage
Cheapest of 5 routes · DeepInfra
About
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is DeepSeek's DeepSeek R1 model with an optional reasoning mode. It offers a 128K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is an open-source model in the DeepSeek R1 family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window, reasoning, and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through DeepInfra, OpenRouter, Fireworks AI, and 2 more, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.35 input and $1.05 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B yet.
Top use-case fit
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Classification
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 5Compare API pricing across 4 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | $0.700 | $0.800 | Serverless |
| OpenRouter | $0.700 | $0.800 | Serverless |
| Novita AI | $0.800 | $0.800 | Serverless |
| Fireworks AI | $0.900 | $0.900 | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(1)
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor RAG
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B has a context window of 128k tokens.
How much does DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B cost?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B pricing ranges from $0.35/1M to $0.9/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B released?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B was released on 2025-01-20.
Which providers offer DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is available from 5 providers: DeepInfra, OpenRouter, Fireworks AI, Arcee AI, Novita AI.
Cheapest of 5 routes · DeepInfra