Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Search

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and Gemini 2.5 Flash Search from Google on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek · text → text

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 is DeepSeek's efficiency-optimized Mixture-of-Experts text model, designed for fast inference and workflows requiring tool use, function calling, and structured outputs. It features 284B total parameters with 13B activated parameters and supports a 1M-token context window with cost-effective pricing.

Input$0.464 /M
Output$0.928 /M
Cache read$0.0039 /M
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Gemini 2.5 Flash Search
Google · text, image, video, audio, pdf → text

gemini-2.5-flash-search integrates Google's official search functionality; the search feature will have an additional separate fee log directly incorporated into the scoring, with detailed logs not displayed; this will be fixed and displayed later; only supports OpenAI-compatible formats for invocation, does not support Gemini SDK; for Gemini's native SDK, please set parameters directly using the official search parameters.

Input$0.3 /M
Output$2.499 /M
Cache read$0.075 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

DeepSeek V4 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash Search
Input /M
$0.464
$0.3
Output /M
$0.928
$2.499
Cache read /M
$0.0039
$0.075
Context length
1,000,000
1,048,576
Max output
0
65,536
Time to First Token
0.7 s
0.7 s
Throughput
59.0 tok/s
54.6 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimagevideoaudiopdf
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
webtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

DeepSeek V4 Flash
$41.76 /mo
Gemini 2.5 Flash Search
$55.49 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Flash Search?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.928/M output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash Search: $2.499/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 0.7s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts 1,000,000 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Search accepts 1,048,576 input tokens.

Which one generates tokens faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash at 59.0 tok/s and Gemini 2.5 Flash Search at 54.6 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Gemini 2.5 Flash Search accepts text, image, video, audio and PDF input and supports web search, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash and Gemini 2.5 Flash Search with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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