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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash price

Input, output, cached and batch prices, every route and a month of tokens, side by side.

Gemini 3.8 FlashDeepSeek V4.1 Flash

A month of tokens

  • Gemini 3.8 Flash$150.00
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash$27.00

100M input and 20M output tokens, list price. Use your own numbers.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashDeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Input per 1M$0.75$0.15
Output per 1M$3.75$0.6
Cached input$0.075$0.003
Batch in / out$0.375 / $1.88$0.112 / $0.336
Blended (3:1)$1.5$0.262
Context1M1M
Routes625
ReleasedSep 2, 2026Sep 10, 2026
Leadersboard score15 (#13)3 (#33)

On the price map

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Size: context window, 8K to 2MEqual blended cost (3:1) 243 models, lower left is cheaper

Every route

Gemini 3.8 Flash

  • Google Vertex AIglobal-flex-50%$0.375 / $1.88cached $0.037
  • Google Gemini APIflex-50%$0.375 / $1.88cached $0.037
  • Google Vertex AIglobal$0.75 / $3.75cached $0.075
  • Google Gemini API (list)the lab's own API$0.75 / $3.75cached $0.075
  • Google Vertex AIglobal-priority+80%$1.35 / $6.75cached $0.135
  • Google Gemini APIpriority+80%$1.35 / $6.75cached $0.135

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

  • Relacedefault region-62%$0.05 / $0.25cached $0.005
  • Morphdefault region-52%$0.072 / $0.288cached $0.0014
  • OpenInferencefp4, fp4-24%$0.1 / $0.5cached $0.01
  • DeepInfrafp8, fp8-20%$0.14 / $0.42cached $0.0042
  • DeepSeek (list)the lab's own API$0.15 / $0.6cached $0.003
  • Sail Researchfp4, fp4+9%$0.13 / $0.75cached $0.01
  • Waferdefault region+14%$0.2 / $0.6cached $0.006
  • CoreWeavefp8, fp8+19%$0.2 / $0.65cached $0.03
  • DekaLLMdefault region+24%$0.1 / $1cached $0.01
  • Fireworks AIdefault region+26%$0.22 / $0.66cached $0.007
  • StreamLakefp8, fp8+32%$0.199 / $0.794cached $0.004
  • GMICloudfp8, fp8+50%$0.225 / $0.9cached $0.0045
  • Kreafp8, fp8+50%$0.225 / $0.9cached $0.006
  • Phaladefault region+84%$0.276 / $1.1cached $0.0055
  • Novita AIfp8, fp8+90%$0.285 / $1.14cached $0.0057
  • AtlasCloudfp8, fp8+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.03
  • Basetenfp8, fp8+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.03
  • DigitalOceandefault region+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.006
  • Makorafp8, fp8+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.006
  • Modaldefault region+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.03
  • Parasailfp8, fp8+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.006
  • Qwen (Alibaba)default region+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.03
  • SiliconFlowfp8, fp8+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.006
  • Together AIdefault region+100%$0.3 / $1.2cached $0.006
  • Venicefp8, fp8+150%$0.375 / $1.5cached $0.0075

List prices from providers' pages on the date shown; your contract may differ. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

Weekly: LLM API list prices that changed, Thursday mornings.