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Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 8b vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.
Model
Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 8b
Context window
131K
131,072 tokens · ~98K words
Model
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Context window
262K
262,144 tokens · ~197K words
Context window · side by side
Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has about 2× the context window of the other in this pair.
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has 100% more context capacity (262K vs 131K tokens). Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 8b is 77% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507. Its 262K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 131K).
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 8b. Input tokens are 77% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 8b | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 131,072 tokens (131K) | 262,144 tokens (262K) |
| Max output tokens | N/A | 262,144 tokens (262K) |
| Speed tier | Fast | Deep |
| Vision | No | No |
| Function calling | No | Yes |
| Extended thinking | No | Yes |
| Prompt caching | No | No |
| Batch API | No | No |
| Release date | N/A | Jul 2025 |
Pricing matrix
Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.
| Provider | Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 8b in | Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 8b out | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 in | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepinfra | — | — | $0.300/M | $2.90/M |
| Fireworks | $0.200/M | $0.200/M | $0.220/M | $0.880/M |
| Novita | — | — | $0.300/M | $3.00/M |
| Nscale | $0.025/M | $0.025/M | — | — |
| Openrouter | — | — | $0.110/M | $0.600/M |
| Together Ai | — | — | $0.650/M | $3.00/M |
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