Artificial Analysis: DeepSeek's V4-Flash costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens, or $0.03 per test, far below Kimi K3's $0.86 and GPT-5.6 Sol's $1.86 (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)
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- DeepSeek's V4-Flash model costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens, according to benchmark pricing data from Artificial Analysis
- V4-Flash runs at $0.03 per test, far below Kimi K3's $0.86 and GPT-5.6 Sol's $1.86 per test, making it the least expensive model in the comparison
Why it matters: At $0.03 per test versus $1.86 for GPT-5.6 Sol — roughly 62× cheaper — DeepSeek's V4-Flash sets a new low for benchmark-level inference costs, giving developers and enterprises running large-scale evaluations a dramatically cheaper option from a Chinese AI startup.
