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DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B: the real cost to run each

The honest, $0-markup cost to run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (DeepSeek, 32.5B) and DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B (deepseek-ai, 70.6B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B — cost comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BDeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
Parameters32.5B70.6B
Context window131.1K131.1K
LicenseCommercial OKCommercial OK
VRAM to run✓ ~27 GB (Q4_K_M)~54 GB (Q4_K_M)
Rent a GPU✓ $0.18/hr$0.30/hr
Your API key✓ $0.36/1M (est.)$0.80/1M

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