DeepSeek R1 Lite
Released
2024-11-21
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 106d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permittedLong context
DeepSeek R1 Lite is a released long context model with open-source and 128k context; evaluate it while provider pricing coverage matures.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating long context
- Workloads that can use a 128k context window
Do not use it for
- Cost-sensitive launches that need sourced token pricing
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Specifications
- Family
- DeepSeek R1
- Released
- 2024-11-21
- Context
- 128k
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- MITOSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Unknown
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Multi-stage
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Pricing
No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.
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About
DeepSeek R1 Lite 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.
Top use-case fit
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
No tracked provider token pricing is available for this model yet.
Capabilities
Reasoning
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.
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