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DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Devstral 2

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 Devstral 2
Input cost / 1M $0.50 $0.40
Output cost / 1M $2.15 $2.00
Context window 163,840 tokens 256,000 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

Devstral 2

Input: 1M × $0.40 = $0.40
Output: 1M × $2.00 = $2.00
Total
$2.40

Total cost savings

$0.25

Devstral 2 saves $0.25 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); Devstral 2 handles routine traffic.

Premium model

DeepSeek-R1-0528

$0.50 in · $2.15 out / 1M

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Economical model

Devstral 2

$0.40 in · $2.00 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%Devstral 2

DeepSeek-R1-0528

$122.50

Routine slice
$96.00
Premium slice
$26.50

Monthly savings

$10.00

7.5% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (deepseek-r1, devstral-2) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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