R1

DeepSeek R1 is a 671B parameter reasoning model with 37B active parameters that shows performance comparable to OpenAI o1, featuring fully open reasoning tokens.

Strengths

Excels at complex reasoning tasks with transparent, inspectable reasoning chains through its open reasoning tokens.

Best for

Problems requiring step-by-step logical reasoning, mathematics, and code synthesis where visibility into the reasoning process adds value.

Limitations

Large model size and compute requirements make it slower and more resource-intensive than smaller alternatives for straightforward tasks.