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DeepSeek R1 vs Gemma 3n 4B

List-price comparison · DeepSeek R1 details · Gemma 3n 4B details

For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Gemma 3n 4B costs 92% less $12.00/mo vs $146.00/mo.

 DeepSeek R1Gemma 3n 4B
Input / 1M tokens$0.500$0.060
Output / 1M tokens$2.15$0.120
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0015$0.0001
Context window163,840 tokens32,768 tokens
Max output32,768 tokens
TierFlagshipFlash
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle

Projected monthly cost

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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.

Gemma 3n 4B

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