DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Flash (Non-reasoning)

AI model by DeepSeek. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.14
Output$0.28
Blended (3:1)$0.17

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed97 tok/s
Time to First Token918ms

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Editorial Analysis

Profile. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Non-reasoning) is a budget-tier option from DeepSeek at $0.28/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on GPQA Diamond (71.6%) and IFBench (47.2%) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.

Latency. On latency, DeepSeek V4 Flash (Non-reasoning) reports 97 tok/s output speed and 918ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.

Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, DeepSeek V4 Flash (Non-reasoning) costs $0.17 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.

Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-02.

Compare with similar models

ModelInputOutputSpeed
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Non-reasoning)Current
$0.14$0.2897 tok/s
MiMo-V2.5
$0.14$0.2867 tok/s
Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)
$0.10$0.30125 tok/s
Gemma 4 12B (Non-reasoning)
$0.10$0.30121 tok/s
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning
$0.07$0.30319 tok/s
Ling 2.6 Flash
$0.10$0.3085 tok/s

Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0003
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$0.2800
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$2.80
10.0M in / 5.0M out