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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs DeepSeek R1

List-price comparison ·DeepSeek V4.1 Flash details ·DeepSeek R1 details

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the cheapest — 42% less than the priciest here ($84.00/mo vs $146.00/mo).

 DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek R1
Input / 1M tokens$0.300$0.500
Output / 1M tokens$1.20$2.15
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0008$0.0015
Context window1,048,576 tokens163,840 tokens
Max output384k tokens32,768 tokens
Quality score81/10084/100
TierFlashFlagship
ProviderDeepSeekDeepSeek

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moDeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek R1
1,000$0.84$1.46
10,000$8.40$14.60
100,000$84.00$146.00
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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

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DeepSeek R1

Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.

Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.

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