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DeepSeekR1 Distill Llama 70BMistralMistral Medium 3
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Side-by-side comparison of DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B, Mistral: Mistral Medium 3
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DeepSeekR1 Distill Llama 70Bdeepseek/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
MistralMistral Medium 3mistralai/mistral-medium-3
Input priceUSD per 1M tokens$0.80$0.40 (best)
Output priceUSD per 1M tokens$0.80 (best)$2.00
Blended price75% in / 25% out$0.80 (best)$0.80
Vs. market median0% cheaper1.0× dearer
Value rankcheapest = 1#206 (best)#209
Context windowtokens8K131K (best)
Max outputtokens7K105K (best)
Input modalitiestexttext, image, file
Output modalitiestexttext
Tool callingNot declaredDeclared
ReasoningDeclaredNot declared
Structured outputNot declaredDeclared
Listed on OpenRouter2025-01-232025-05-07 (best)

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What the numbers say

  • DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B is the cheapest here at $0.80/M blended — 1.0× less than Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.
  • Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 offers the largest context window (131K tokens) versus 8K for DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B.
  • Tool calling is declared for Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 only.
  • Reasoning mode is declared for DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B only.

Generated from the live figures above. Capabilities are what each provider declares on its listing.

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