Virtuoso‑Large is Arcee's top‑tier general‑purpose LLM at 72 B parameters, tuned to tackle cross‑domain reasoning, creative writing and enterprise QA. Unlike many 70 B peers, it retains the 128 k...
Model details →Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large vs DeepSeek: R1 0528
DeepSeek: R1 0528 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
May 28th update to the [original DeepSeek R1](/deepseek/deepseek-r1) Performance on par with [OpenAI o1](/openai/o1), but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. It's 671B parameters in size, with 37B active...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large | DeepSeek: R1 0528 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 164K | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 0528 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.75 | $0.50 | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 0528 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.20 | $2.15 | 🏆 Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 DeepSeek: R1 0528 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large better than DeepSeek: R1 0528?
DeepSeek: R1 0528 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large and DeepSeek: R1 0528?
Input: $0.75 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.20 vs $2.15 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large and DeepSeek: R1 0528 support?
Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large supports up to 131K tokens. DeepSeek: R1 0528 supports up to 164K tokens.
Do both Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large and DeepSeek: R1 0528 support tool calling?
Arcee AI: Virtuoso Large: yes. DeepSeek: R1 0528: yes.