DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is a text-only model from DeepSeek with a 128,000-token context window and a maximum of 8,192 completion tokens per response. It supports reasoning workflows, which makes it suited for multi-step problem solving, but it does not support tool use and has no confirmed structured output capability. Input and output are both priced at $0.80 per million tokens. At that price point it sits in the budget tier, and the case for shortlisting it rests largely on cost rather than verified performance breadth; benchmark coverage spans only one independent benchmark, yielding a blended score of 15.1, so head-to-head comparisons with better-covered models are limited. Teams with straightforward text and reasoning workloads who want to keep costs low may find it worth testing, but buyers who need tool calling, structured output, or confidence from broad benchmark coverage should look elsewhere before committing.