DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B

DeepSeekReasoning

deepseek/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32bOpen Weights

R1 reasoning distilled into Qwen 2.5 32B for efficient open-weight step-by-step problem solving

Benchmark Pricing$0.29 / 1M in$0.86 / 1M out

Context: 131,072 tokens•Max Output: 32,768 tokens•Released: 2025-01-20

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window131,072131.1K tokens

Max Output32,76832.8K tokens

LicenseOpen SourceSelf-hostable

Input Modalities

Text

Function / Tool CallingNot Supported

Structured OutputsPrompt Based

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

⚠ DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B does not natively advertise tool-calling capabilities. When connecting to MCP servers, function calling must be handled via structured prompt injection.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 131,072 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);