DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is DeepSeek's language model with a 131K context window, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.025 / 1M input and $0.025 / 1M output. A compact 8B Llama-based model distilled from DeepSeek R1, delivering strong reasoning performance in a lightweight architecture.
Specifications
Canonical IDdeepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorDeepSeekDeepSeek
Providers
Context Window131K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Parameters8B
Benchmarks
Math Index
#121
MMLU-Pro
#283
GPQA
#498
LiveCodeBench
#256
AIME
#78
IFBench
#423
Time to First Token
#111
SciCode
#485
MATH-500
#96
AIME 2025
#178
LCR
#469
Output TPS
#357

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Fireworks AI logo
Fireworks AI
fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b
$0.2$0.2
Nscale logo
Nscale
nscale/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B
$0.025$0.025

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 19 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance
Cloud
GPU
VRAM
Price
Cheapest region
g2-standard-4GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.705/hr
g6.xlargeAWSL422 GB$0.805/hr
g2-standard-8GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.851/hr
7 more instances can run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
DeepSeek R1T2 Chimera164K——Available
DeepSeek R1 528164K$0.200$0.250Deprecated
DeepSeek R11.0M$0.190$0.380Deprecated
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B131K$0.150$0.150Available
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B131K$0.200$0.375Deprecated
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B—131K$0.025$0.025Current
DeepSeek R1 528 Turbo—33K$1.00$3.00Available
DeepSeek R1 528B—128K——Deprecated
DeepSeek R1 671B—131K$0.800$0.800Available
DeepSeek R1 8B—66K$0.100$0.200Available
DeepSeek R1 Basic—164K$0.550$2.19Available

Model IDs

accounts/fireworks/models/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b
deepseek-llm-r1-distill-llama-8b
deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b
fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b
nscale/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B