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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API Pricing — $0.30/M input, $1.20/M output

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How much does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost per million tokens?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, from DeepSeek, charges $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens — $0.52 per million blended at a 3:1 input:output ratio. That makes it cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite on a blended-token basis.

Verified 2026-10-01 — source
Input
$0.30/M
Output
$1.20/M
Blended
$0.52/M
Provider
Verified 2026-10-01 — source

How much does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost per 1,000 requests?

Computed from generated token pricing. Each row assumes the listed input and output tokens per request; this model has no measured verbosity factor, so the unadjusted output estimate is shown.

Request shapeInput tokensOutput tokensCost / 1,000 requests
Short10050$0.0900
Medium1,000500$0.9000
Long4,0002,000$3.6000

Formula: ((input price × input tokens) + (output price × output tokens × verbosity factor)) ÷ 1,000,000 × 1,000. Assumptions: short 100/50, medium 1,000/500, long 4,000/2,000 input/output tokens per request. Unadjusted — no measured verbosity factor is available.

How fast is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

Not yet measured — see the speed benchmark leaderboard for models we do track.

How much does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost at scale?

Tokens / monthEst. cost (blended 3:1)
100,000$0.05
1,000,000$0.52
10,000,000$5.25
100,000,000$52.50

How does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash compare with other models?

DeepSeek V4 Flash — $0.66/MDeepSeek V4 Pro — $1.98/MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite — $0.56/MGPT-5.4 Nano — $0.46/MCodestral — $0.45/M
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What is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash best for?

#6 for Math & Reasoning#6 for Agents & Tool Use#6 for Image Understanding
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What are common questions about DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.52/M blended tokens, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite costs $0.56/M — DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper.

How much does 1 million tokens cost with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

At a 3:1 input:output ratio, 1 million blended tokens costs approximately $0.52. Pure input costs $0.30/M; pure output costs $1.20/M.

What does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost at high volume?

At 100 million blended tokens a month, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs approximately $52.50. See the cost-at-scale table below for other volumes.

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