Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT 4.1 Mini

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and GPT 4.1 Mini 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 Mini
OpenAI · text, image, pdf → text

Lightweight, high-performance model with million-token context and near-flagship-level encoding and image understanding capabilities, while reducing costs by 83%. It is suitable for rapid development and small to medium-sized applications. The automatic caching mechanism provides a 75% cost reduction on cache hits.

Input$0.4 /M
Output$1.6 /M
Cache read$0.1 /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 Mini
Input /M
$0.464
$0.4
Output /M
$0.928
$1.6
Cache read /M
$0.0039
$0.1
Context length
1,000,000
1,047,576
Max output
0
32,768
Time to First Token
0.7 s
0.7 s
Throughput
59.0 tok/s
58.0 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-mini

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-mini

Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
deepseek-v4-flashgpt-4.1-mini
1300136014201480
Overall
13401431
Coding
13681452
Math
13441428
Instruction following
13321420
Longer query
13431435
Chinese
13291467
English
13561439

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

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

DeepSeek V4 Flash
$41.76 /mo
GPT 4.1 Mini
$48.00 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash, GPT 4.1 Mini?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.928/M output tokens; GPT 4.1 Mini: $1.6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1452; GPT 4.1 Mini: 1368 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

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 Mini accepts 1,047,576 input tokens.

Which one generates tokens faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash at 59.0 tok/s and GPT 4.1 Mini at 58.0 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 Mini 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 Mini 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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