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DeepSeek V4.1 FlashvsGPT-5

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 26.8x cheaper per token. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
1 – 0
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
26.8x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 95.0464%
DeepSeek · OpenAI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek · released 2026-09-10
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
384K
Input /1M
$0.14
Output /1M
$0.28
Cached /1M
$0.003
Scores
3 · 1 core
GPT-5
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
Context
400K
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$1.25
Output /1M
$10
Cached /1M
$0.125
Scores
9 · 8 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGPT-5ΔEdge
Reported by both · 1
GPQA Diamond90.9% 86.2% epoch+4.7 ptDeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash reports · 2
DeepSWE v1.174.2% not reported
Terminal-Bench 2.190.6% not reported
Only GPT-5 reports · 7
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported74.9%
AIME 2025not reported94.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported22% epoch
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported55.4% epoch
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)not reported91.4% epoch
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported50.1% epoch
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)not reported73.6% epoch
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash minus GPT-5 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGPT-5Edge
Context window1M tokens400K tokensDeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Max output384K tokens128K tokensDeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Input price / 1M$0.14 $1.25 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Output price / 1M$0.28 $10 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Cached input / 1M$0.003 $0.125 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$0.42$11.25DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2026-09-102025-08-07
Cited benchmark scores39
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