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DeepSeek V4.1 FlashvsGPT-5.6 Terra
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GPT-5.6 Terra split their 2 shared benchmarks evenly. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 33.3x cheaper per token. GPT-5.6 Terra has the larger context window (1.1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
1 – 1
even split
Cheaper per token
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
33.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5.6 Terra
1.1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 94.9527%
DeepSeek · OpenAI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek · released 2026-09-10
textvision
GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI · released 2026-07-09
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 1 only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · 5 only GPT-5.6 Terra| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.6 Terra | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% ↗ | 92.9% ↗ | -2 pt | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 74.2% ↗ | 69.6% ↗ | +4.6 pt | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash reports · 1 | ||||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 90.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5.6 Terra reports · 5 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 70.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 86% ↗epoch | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 99.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 43.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | not reported | 63.4% ↗ | — | — |
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-5.6 Terra 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
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | GPT-5.6 Terra | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1.1M tokens | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Max output | 384K tokens | 128K tokens | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Input price / 1M | $0.14 ↗ | $2 ↗ | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $0.28 ↗ | $12 ↗ | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.003 ↗ | $0.2 ↗ | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.42 | $14 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-09-10 | 2026-07-09 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 8 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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