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DeepSeek · Released May 29, 2025

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek R1 0528 distilled into Qwen3 8B for mathematics, coding, and reasoning.

  • Open weights
  • Reasoning
Capability
—No ECI score yet
Input
$0.06per 1M tokens
Output
$0.09per 1M tokens
Context
131K32K max output
Pricing

What it costs

Input
$0.06per million tokens
Output
$0.09per million tokens
Blended (3:1)
$0.068cheaper than 94% of priced models

Typical monthly bills

Monthly usageEstimated cost
Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens$0.165
Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens$1.95
Production app250M input + 50M output tokens$19.50

Median of 1 paid API provider on models.dev.

Capability

Independent benchmarks

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B yet.

  • GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions9.3%
  • OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics43.9%

Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of DeepSeek.

Specifications

The details

Lab
DeepSeek
Released
May 29, 2025
Context window
131,072 tokens
Max output
32,000 tokens
Inputs
Text
Output
Text
Reasoning
Always on
Tool calling
No
Structured output
No
Availability
1 API providerlisted on models.dev
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Questions

About DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B

How much does DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B cost?

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B costs $0.06 input / $0.09 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.068 per million tokens, cheaper than 94% of the 445 priced models we track.

What is the context window of DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B?

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 32,000 tokens in one response.

How good is DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B?

Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B yet. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 9.3%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 43.9%.

Is DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B open source?

Yes. DeepSeek publishes the weights under the MIT licence, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.

What inputs does DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B support?

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, does not support tool calling.

When was DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B released?

DeepSeek released DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B on May 29, 2025.

What are the best alternatives to DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B?

The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Baichuan M2 32B (Baichuan, $0.07 / $0.07), Command R7B Arabic (Cohere, $0.037 / $0.15), Phi-4-multimodal-instruct (Microsoft, $0.07 / $0.11) and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.022 / $0.215).