DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is worth evaluating for long context when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating long context
- Workloads that can use a 128k context window
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
- Family
- DeepSeek R1
- Released
- 2025-01-20
- Context
- 128k
- Parameters
- 8B
- 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 2 routes · Fireworks AI
About
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B 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 8B is an open-source model in the DeepSeek R1 family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window and reasoning. This page tracks provider routes through Fireworks AI and NVIDIA NIM, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.2 input and $0.2 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B yet.
Top use-case fit
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 2Compare API pricing across 2 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $0.200 | $0.200 | Serverless |
| NVIDIA NIM | - | - | ServerlessPartial |
Available via routers & gateways(2)
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.
NVIDIA LLM Router Blueprint
RouterNVIDIA's open-source AI blueprint for LLM routing that selects the optimal model per prompt via intent classification or neural auto-routing; being deprecated 2026-06-20.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Long context
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B has a context window of 128k tokens.
How much does DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B cost?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is available at $0.2/1M input tokens through Fireworks AI.
When was DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B released?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B was released on 2025-01-20.
Which providers offer DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B?
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is available from 2 providers: Fireworks AI, NVIDIA NIM.
Cheapest of 2 routes · Fireworks AI