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DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric DeepSeek-R1-0528 DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Input cost / 1M $0.50 $0.435
Output cost / 1M $2.15 $0.87
Context window 163,840 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

DeepSeek-R1-0528

Input: 1M × $0.50 = $0.50
Output: 1M × $2.15 = $2.15
Total
$2.65

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Input: 1M × $0.435 = $0.435
Output: 1M × $0.87 = $0.87
Total
$1.31

Total cost savings

$1.35

DeepSeek-V4-Pro saves $1.35 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. DeepSeek-R1-0528 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); DeepSeek-V4-Pro handles routine traffic.

Premium model

DeepSeek-R1-0528

$0.50 in · $2.15 out / 1M

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Economical model

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

$0.435 in · $0.87 out / 1M

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All premium

DeepSeek-R1-0528

$132.50

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%DeepSeek-V4-Pro

DeepSeek-R1-0528

$78.70

Routine slice
$52.20
Premium slice
$26.50

Monthly savings

$53.80

40.6% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (deepseek-r1, deepseek-v4-pro) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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