Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT 4o Mini

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and GPT 4o 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 4o Mini
OpenAI · text, image → text

The lightweight version of GPT-4o, which is affordable and fast, suitable for handling simple tasks; our site supports the official automatic caching for this model, and charges for cache hits will be automatically halved.

Input$0.15 /M
Output$0.6 /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
GPT 4o Mini
Input /M
$0.464
$0.15
Output /M
$0.928
$0.6
Cache read /M
$0.0039
$0.075
Context length
1,000,000
NaN
Max output
0
0
Time to First Token
0.7 s
0.6 s
Throughput
59.0 tok/s
97.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
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.

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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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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-4o-mini
1240132014001480
Overall
12871431
Coding
12901452
Math
12671428
Instruction following
12591420
Longer query
12891435
Chinese
12631467
English
13011439

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.

GPT 4o Mini
$18.00 /mo
DeepSeek V4 Flash
$41.76 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash, GPT 4o Mini?

GPT 4o Mini: $0.6/M output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.928/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1452; GPT 4o Mini: 1290 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GPT 4o Mini: 0.6s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 4o Mini at 97.1 tok/s and DeepSeek V4 Flash at 59.0 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 4o Mini accepts text and image input.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT 4o 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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