Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT 5 Nano

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and GPT 5 Nano 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 5 Nano
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5 Nano is our fastest, cheapest version of GPT-5. It's great for summarization and classification tasks.

Input$0.05 /M
Output$0.4 /M
Cache read$0.005 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

DeepSeek V4 Flash
GPT 5 Nano
Input /M
$0.464
$0.05
Output /M
$0.928
$0.4
Cache read /M
$0.0039
$0.005
Context length
1,000,000
400,000
Max output
0
128,000
Time to First Token
0.7 s
3.6 s
Throughput
59.0 tok/s
105.9 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction 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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Cost calculator

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

GPT 5 Nano
$9.00 /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 5 Nano?

GPT 5 Nano: $0.4/M output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.928/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 GPT 5 Nano accepts 400,000 input tokens.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 5 Nano at 105.9 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 5 Nano accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT 5 Nano 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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