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DeepSeek R1 on NVIDIA NIM

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Why use DeepSeek R1 on NVIDIA NIM?

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

Compare DeepSeek R1 across 13 providers to find the best fit for your use case
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Setup recipe

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Use the provider REST API or SDK
Auth
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model: deepseek-r1
Model ID
deepseek-r1

Request example

Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use NVIDIA NIM documentation with model ID deepseek-r1.

Gotchas

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Compare DeepSeek R1 Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
DeepSeek Platform$0.55$2.19
OpenRouter$0.70$2.50
Together AI$3.00$7.00
Fireworks AI$0.56$1.68
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Pricing

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

Capabilities

ReasoningStructured OutputsCode Execution

About DeepSeek R1

DeepSeek R1: Reasoning-optimized model with extended thinking capabilities. 128K context.

FAQ

What is the context window for DeepSeek R1 on NVIDIA NIM?

DeepSeek R1 supports a 128,000 token context window on NVIDIA NIM.

How does NVIDIA NIM compare to other DeepSeek R1 providers?

DeepSeek R1 is available from 13 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.1/1M tokens from Bitdeer AI.

Who created DeepSeek R1?

DeepSeek R1 was created by DeepSeek as part of the DeepSeek R1 model family.

Is DeepSeek R1 open source?

DeepSeek R1 is open source according to the seed data.

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