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deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b API pricing: cheapest provider

2 providers sell deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b. Nscale is cheapest; the most expensive charges 1.1× as much for the same model.

Cheapest$0.09per 1M · Nscale
Input · output$0.09 / $0.09per 1M tokens
Price gap1.1×across 2 providers
Accuracy33.6%GPQA
Context131Kmax tokens

$0.09 Nscale1.1× spread$0.10 Fireworks AI

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Standard list prices in USD from each provider's pricing page · last price change Sep 28, 2026 · How we collect and rank prices

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Input tokens per month (millions)Prompts, context and documents you send.Output tokens per month (millions)Tokens the model generates.

More requirements: caching, context, features, provider

Cached share of input (%)0 = no caching. Only documented cache-read rates qualify.Required context per request (tokens)0 = any. Providers without a sufficient known limit are excluded.Required featureProvider requirement

Provider	Estimated / month	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context
1 NscaleInference provider - lowest for your volumePricing page	$1.08	$0.09	$0.09	Not listed
2 Fireworks AIInference providerPricing page	$1.20	$0.10	$0.10	131,072

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Input volume includes the cached share, not an additional token volume. This is a list-price estimate, not a quote: cache-write charges, cache eligibility/TTL, batch discounts, long-context surcharges, regional pricing and taxes are excluded. Check the provider's terms for your workload before switching.

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| deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | 10M in + 2M out per month |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Nscale | $0.09 | $0.09 | $1.08 |
| Fireworks AI | $0.10 | $0.10 | $1.20 |

Standard list prices as of Nov 1, 2026. Source: [AISelect.online](https://aiselect.online/models/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1-5b)

Accuracy: GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science questions) measured by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0) on DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B, run Aug 28, 2026. The model is the same at every provider, though quantized deployments can score lower.

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The cheapest price has not changed since tracking started on Sep 28, 2026: $0.09 per 1M tokens at Nscale. All price changes

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from openai import OpenAI
import os

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://inference.api.nscale.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["NSCALE_SERVICE_TOKEN"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

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