R1

DeepSeek Generally Available

DeepSeek R1 is here: Performance on par with [OpenAI o1](/openai/o1), but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. It's 671B parameters in size, with 37B active in an inference pass....

Context

64K

tokens

Input

$0.70

per MTok

Output

$2.50

per MTok

Model Page

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DeepSeek R1 is here: Performance on par with [OpenAI o1](/openai/o1), but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. It's 671B parameters in size, with 37B active in an inference pass....

Modalities

Input

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Output

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Code Examples

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-r1",
    "messages": [
      { "role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement in one sentence." }
    ]
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-r1",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement in one sentence."},
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek-r1",
  messages: [
    { role: "user", content: "Explain quantum entanglement in one sentence." },
  ],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

API Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`frequency_penalty`	number	0	Penalize tokens by their frequency so far. Positive values reduce repetition.
`include_reasoning`	boolean	—	Include the model's internal reasoning trace in the response.
`max_completion_tokens`	integer	—	Maximum number of tokens the model may generate in the response.
`max_tokens` deprecated	integer	—	Deprecated. Use max_completion_tokens.
`presence_penalty`	number	0	Penalize tokens that have appeared at all so far. Positive values encourage new topics.
`reasoning`	object	—	Configuration for extended-thinking / reasoning mode.
`repetition_penalty`	number	1	Penalize repeated tokens (>1.0 reduces repetition, <1.0 encourages it).
`seed`	integer	—	Deterministic seed for sampling. Same seed + same prompt produces identical output.
`stop`	array	—	Up to 4 sequences where the API will stop generating tokens.
`temperature`	number	1	Sampling temperature; higher values produce more random output. 0 is deterministic.
`tool_choice`	one of	—	Controls which (if any) tool is called: "none", "auto", "required", or a specific tool.
`tools`	array	—	List of tools (functions) the model may call.
`top_k`	integer	—	Limit sampling to the top-k most likely tokens at each step.
`top_p`	number	1	Nucleus sampling: consider only tokens whose cumulative probability ≥ top_p.

Standard OpenAI-compatible parameters. Consult the provider docs for model-specific behaviour.