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DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs GPT-4.1

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric DeepSeek-V4-Flash GPT-4.1
Input cost / 1M $0.14 $2.00
Output cost / 1M $0.28 $8.00
Context window 1,000,000 tokens 1,047,576 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash

Input: 1M × $0.14 = $0.14
Output: 1M × $0.28 = $0.28
Total
$0.42

GPT-4.1

Input: 1M × $2.00 = $2.00
Output: 1M × $8.00 = $8.00
Total
$10.00

Total cost savings

$9.58

DeepSeek-V4-Flash saves $9.58 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. GPT-4.1 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); DeepSeek-V4-Flash handles routine traffic.

Premium model

GPT-4.1

$2.00 in · $8.00 out / 1M

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Economical model

DeepSeek-V4-Flash

$0.14 in · $0.28 out / 1M

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All premium

GPT-4.1

$500.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%DeepSeek-V4-Flash

GPT-4.1

$116.80

Routine slice
$16.80
Premium slice
$100.00

Monthly savings

$383.20

76.6% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (gpt-4-1, deepseek-v4-flash) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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