TNG: DeepSeek R1T2 Chimera
Analysis Summary
TNG: DeepSeek R1T2 Chimera sits in the Specialist tier on our leaderboard, ranked #85 of 525 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.300 input and $1.10 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a standard large context window and supports tool use, function calling, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
TNG's DeepSeek R1T2 Chimera is a community-built hybrid model with strong math and coding benchmark scores, tool use support, and competitive pricing — a solid mid-tier option for technical tasks, though its provider ecosystem is less established than major vendors.
Assessed April 16, 2026
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Performance Profile
DeepSeek-TNG-R1T2-Chimera is the second-generation Chimera model from TNG Tech. It is a 671 B-parameter mixture-of-experts text-generation model assembled from DeepSeek-AI’s R1-0528, R1, and V3-0324 checkpoints with an Assembly-of-Experts merge. The..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
tngtech/deepseek-r1t2-chimera
|
| Provider | tngtech |
| Release Date | July 8, 2025 |
| Context Length | 163,840 tokens |
| Max Completion | 163,840 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 | $0.000300 |
| Output | $1.10 | $0.001100 |
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Last updated: April 25, 2026 8:38 pm