Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT 4.1 (free)

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and GPT 4.1 (free) from OpenAI 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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GPT 4.1 (free)
OpenAI · text, image, pdf → text

The latest flagship multimodal model supports million-token context, with encoding capability (SWE-bench 54.6%) and instruction-following (Scale AI 38.3%) performance significantly surpassing GPT-4o, while reducing costs by 26%, making it suitable for complex tasks. Its automatic caching mechanism offers a 75% cost reduction on cache hits.

Input$0 /M
Output$0 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

DeepSeek V4 Flash
GPT 4.1 (free)
Input /M
$0.464
$0
Output /M
$0.928
$0
Cache read /M
$0.0039
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Context length
1,000,000
1,047,576
Max output
0
32,768
Time to First Token
0.7 s
1.1 s
Throughput
59.0 tok/s
43.3 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimagepdf
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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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.

deepseek-v4-flashgpt-4.1-free

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.

deepseek-v4-flashgpt-4.1-free

Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost calculator

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

GPT 4.1 (free)
$0.00 /mo
DeepSeek V4 Flash
$41.76 /mo

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

FAQ

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 GPT 4.1 (free) accepts 1,047,576 input tokens.

Which one generates tokens faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash at 59.0 tok/s and GPT 4.1 (free) at 43.3 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; GPT 4.1 (free) accepts text, image and PDF input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT 4.1 (free) 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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