Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3 or R1 Distill Llama 70B?

DeepSeek V3 is the cheaper of the two: one 1,000-word request costs about 456 toman, about 1.3× cheaper than R1 Distill Llama 70B.

Which one has the larger context window?

DeepSeek V3, with 163,840 tokens.

DeepSeek V3 vs R1 Distill Llama 70B

Both sit behind the same key and the same code on uttapen — the only thing that changes is the model string, so you can run each of them against your own workload without touching anything else. On cost, DeepSeek V3 comes out about 1.3× cheaper.

Feature	DeepSeek V3	R1 Distill Llama 70B
Provider	DeepSeek	DeepSeek
Model id	deepseek/deepseek-chat	deepseek/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
Context	163,840 tokens	8,192 tokens
Max output	16,384 tokens	7,372 tokens
Input / 1M tokens	92,840 toman	232,100 toman
Output / 1M tokens	258,211 toman	232,100 toman
≈ one 1,000-word request	456 toman	603 toman
Input caching	No	No
Image input	No	No
File input	No	No
Tool calling	Yes	No
JSON output	Yes	No
Reasoning mode	No	Yes

Which one for what?

DeepSeek V3

Agents that call your own APIs and database
High-volume work where cost per call decides

456 toman per 1,000 words · Model page

R1 Distill Llama 70B

Multi-step problems, maths, and tracking down a bug

603 toman per 1,000 words · Model page

Run both with the same code

Swap the model value between the two ids and send the same request twice; what each answer cost comes back in the X-Uttapen-Cost-Toman header.

curl https://api.uttapen.ir/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-up-…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek/deepseek-chat",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Introduce yourself in one sentence."}],
    "stream": true
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uttapen.ir/v1",
    api_key="sk-up-…",
)

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-chat",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Introduce yourself in one sentence."}],
    stream=True,
)
for chunk in stream:
    print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content or "", end="", flush=True)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.uttapen.ir/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-up-…",
});

const stream = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek/deepseek-chat",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Introduce yourself in one sentence." }],
  stream: true,
});
for await (const chunk of stream) {
  process.stdout.write(chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content ?? "");
}

<?php
// composer require openai-php/client guzzlehttp/guzzle
$client = OpenAI::factory()
    ->withBaseUri('https://api.uttapen.ir/v1')
    ->withApiKey('sk-up-…')
    ->make();

$result = $client->chat()->create([
    'model' => 'deepseek/deepseek-chat',
    'messages' => [['role' => 'user', 'content' => 'Introduce yourself in one sentence.']],
]);
echo $result->choices[0]->message->content;

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/openai/openai-go"
	"github.com/openai/openai-go/option"
)

func main() {
	client := openai.NewClient(
		option.WithBaseURL("https://api.uttapen.ir/v1"),
		option.WithAPIKey("sk-up-…"),
	)
	resp, err := client.Chat.Completions.New(context.Background(), openai.ChatCompletionNewParams{
		Model:    "deepseek/deepseek-chat",
		Messages: []openai.ChatCompletionMessageParamUnion{openai.UserMessage("Introduce yourself in one sentence.")},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(resp.Choices[0].Message.Content)
}

model = "deepseek/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b"

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base_url = https://api.uttapen.ir/v1