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DeepSeek R1

DeepSeek R1 · Released 2025-01-20

DeepSeek's January 2025 reasoning model. Open weights, chain-of-thought style. MATH 79.8%, strong AIME scores with extended thinking.

Self-hosted reasoning route before V4 shipped. Still relevant for reproducible CoT research and local inference stacks.

#147 of 168 on AA Index · current snapshot
20 AA Index · 16 benchmark rows · 4 sourcesPosition is benchmark-specific — not a cross-family or cross-source ranking.
Composite57
Context128K
Input / 1M$0.55
Output / 1M$2.2
Knowledge cutoffopen
Statuslightweight

Family profile

Best published score in each covered benchmark family.

68/100 avg
Knowledge
87
Reasoning
81
Math
88
Coding
77
Agentic
16
Long context
57
Tool use
72

7 tested benchmark families

Benchmark placements

Where DeepSeek R1 places on each public benchmark source that publishes a row. Rank counts every model with a latest row in the same test — not a universal quality score.

BenchmarkFamilyRankScoreSourceDate
LiveBenchReasoning#9/ 2164LiveBench leaderboard2026-04-15
MMLUKnowledge#14/ 2287DeepSeek R1 model card2025-01-20
BFCLTool use#18/ 2072Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard V42026-04-15
AIMEMath#19/ 3788DeepSeek R1 model card2025-01-20
LiveCodeBenchCoding#19/ 3177Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
MATHMath#21/ 2580DeepSeek R1 model card2025-01-20
MMLU-ProKnowledge#23/ 3985Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
AA time to first tokenPerformance#102/ 186Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
AA output speedPerformance#103/ 187Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
IFBenchReasoning#121/ 12740Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
SciCodeCoding#123/ 18040Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
GPQA DiamondReasoning#130/ 18581Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
Humanity's Last ExamReasoning#136/ 18016Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
AA-LCRLong context#145/ 17957Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexReasoning#166/ 18720Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
Terminal-BenchAgentic#171/ 18416Artificial Analysis2026-09-01
Family context

The three highest-scoring models with pages in each capability family. Where DeepSeek R1 shows up, it's highlighted.

KnowledgeDeepSeek R1 · 87
  1. 1
    91
  2. 2
    91
  3. 3
    91
ReasoningDeepSeek R1 · 81
  1. 1
    95
  2. 2
    95
  3. 3
    95
MathDeepSeek R1 · 88
  1. 1
    99
  2. 2
    99
  3. 3
    99
CodingDeepSeek R1 · 77
  1. 1
    96
  2. 2
    96
  3. 3
    96
AgenticDeepSeek R1 · 16
  1. 1
    100
  2. 2
    100
  3. 3
    100
Long contextDeepSeek R1 · 57
  1. 1
    83
  2. 2
    83
  3. 3
    81
Tool useDeepSeek R1 · 72
  1. 1
    89
  2. 2
    87
  3. 3
    87
Newest receipts

Benchmark rows added to the public ledger for DeepSeek R1 in the last 120 days. Older rows live in the full table below.

11 recent
Family coverage

A high composite that hides a weak family is a trap. These bars surface the families where this model hasn't been publicly tested, and where it leads.

Knowledge87
Reasoning81
Math88
Coding77
Agentic16
Long context57
Tool use72
Price vs. performance
0255075100$0.10$0.30$1$3$10$30input USD / 1M tokens · log scale →← intelligence

Hover any dot for name, score, and input price. Keyboard: tab through the top twelve, or use the ranking below.

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Full benchmark ledger

Every catalog benchmark for DeepSeek R1. Scores link to the original source; gaps mean no public row exists yet.

16 sourced rows

16 of 37 catalog benchmarks have a sourced row for DeepSeek R1.

Knowledge

Reasoning

Math

Coding

Agentic

Long context

Tool use

Performance

Sources