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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B on NVIDIA NIM

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Why use DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B on NVIDIA NIM?

NVIDIA NIM offers DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B with competitive pricing. NVIDIA NIM is NVIDIA's deployment platform for GPU-accelerated inference microservices.

Compare DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
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Output / 1M
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Cache
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Batch
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Setup recipe

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Install
Use the provider REST API or SDK
Auth
Create a provider API key
Call
model: deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b
Model ID
deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b

Request example

Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use NVIDIA NIM documentation with model ID deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b.

Gotchas

  • Use provider model ID "deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b", not the LLMReference slug "deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b".

Compare DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
Fireworks AI$0.20$0.20
NVIDIA NIM

Pricing

TypeRate
GPU Hour Rate$1.00/GPU·hr
GPU Config1xH100

Capabilities

Reasoning

About DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Distilled DeepSeek R1 reasoning encoded into Llama 8B architecture.

FAQ

What is the context window for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B on NVIDIA NIM?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B supports a 128,000 token context window on NVIDIA NIM.

How does NVIDIA NIM compare to other DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B providers?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is available from 2 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.2/1M tokens from Fireworks AI.

What API model ID do I use for DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B on NVIDIA NIM?

Use the model ID deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b when calling NVIDIA NIM's API.

Who created DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B was created by DeepSeek as part of the DeepSeek R1 model family.

Is DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B open source?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is open source according to the seed data.

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Model Specs

Released2025-01-20
Parameters8B
Context128K
ArchitectureDecoder Only