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DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus vs Gemini 3.5 Flash

List-price comparison · DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus details · Gemini 3.5 Flash details

For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus costs 87% less $70.40/mo vs $540.00/mo.

 DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusGemini 3.5 Flash
Input / 1M tokens$0.270$1.50
Output / 1M tokens$0.950$9.00
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0007$0.0054
Context window163,840 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Max output32,768 tokens65,536 tokens
TierFlashFlash
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle

Projected monthly cost

Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus

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Gemini 3.5 Flash

Fast, cheap multi-modal model with the same 1M-token context as the Pro tier — good for high-volume document Q&A and image/audio triage.

Reasoning quality trails the Pro tier on complex, multi-step tasks; best used where speed and context size matter more than depth.

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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.