Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) vs DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) is 80.3% cheaper ($260.77/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 (Reasoner) (DeepSeek API) DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) (Fireworks AI) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.550 $3.000 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.140 $1.500 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $2.19 $8.00 DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1315 LMSYS Elo 1315 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $260.77 / mo $1323.75 / mo DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) (-80.3%)
Context Window 64,000 tokens 160,000 tokens DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Output Speed (Throughput) 50 tokens/sec 150 tokens/sec DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Batch API Discount -50% (DeepSeek API) -50% (Fireworks AI) DeepSeek API
Primary Workload Fit Budget-friendly chain-of-thought logic, financial verification, logic synthesis US/EU compliance enterprises needing DeepSeek R1 reasoning at 3x speed Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) → Try DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) → Open Full Simulator