Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT 5.3 Chat

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and GPT 5.3 Chat 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 5.3 Chat
OpenAI · text, image → text

Input$1.75 /M
Output$14 /M
Cache read$0.175 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

DeepSeek V4 Flash
GPT 5.3 Chat
Input /M
$0.464
$1.75
Output /M
$0.928
$14
Cache read /M
$0.0039
$0.175
Context length
1,000,000
128,000
Max output
0
16,384
Time to First Token
0.7 s
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Throughput
59.0 tok/s
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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-5.3-chat-latest
1360140014401480
Overall
13881431
Coding
14071452
Math
13841428
Instruction following
13771420
Longer query
13951435
Chinese
14261467
English
13901439

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 5.3 Chat
$315 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash, GPT 5.3 Chat?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.928/M output tokens; GPT 5.3 Chat: $14/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1452; GPT 5.3 Chat: 1407 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

How large is each context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts 1,000,000 and GPT 5.3 Chat accepts 128,000 input tokens.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; GPT 5.3 Chat accepts text and image input.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT 5.3 Chat 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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