Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) vs OpenAI o3-mini: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), OpenAI o3-mini is 56.7% cheaper ($573.38/mo vs $1323.75/mo), while DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) (Fireworks AI) OpenAI o3-mini (OpenAI) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $3.000 $1.100 OpenAI o3-mini
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.500 $0.550 OpenAI o3-mini
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $8.00 $4.40 OpenAI o3-mini
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1315 LMSYS Elo 1305 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1323.75 / mo $573.38 / mo OpenAI o3-mini (-56.7%)
Context Window 160,000 tokens 200,000 tokens OpenAI o3-mini
Output Speed (Throughput) 150 tokens/sec 95 tokens/sec DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Batch API Discount -50% (Fireworks AI) -50% (OpenAI) Fireworks AI
Primary Workload Fit US/EU compliance enterprises needing DeepSeek R1 reasoning at 3x speed Algorithmic code generation, math, STEM reasoning, automated QA agents Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) → Try OpenAI o3-mini → Open Full Simulator