Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT 4o

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and GPT 4o from OpenAI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 FlashOpenAIGPT 4o
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DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek · text → text

(This model currently points to the older 0423 version; if you need to request the latest version, you can choose the model deepseek-v4-flash-0731)DeepSeek-V4 features an ultra-long context of one million characters and achieves leading performance domestically and in the open-source domain in agent capabilities, world knowledge, and reasoning.

Input$0.142 /M
Output$0.284 /M
Cache read$0.0284 /M
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GPT 4o
OpenAI · text, image, pdf → text

GPT-4o (“o” stands for “omni”) is a new-generation multimodal model designed for more natural human–computer interaction. It can accept any combination of text, audio, image, and video as input, and generate multimodal outputs including text, audio, and images. With audio response latency as low as 232 milliseconds on average around 320 milliseconds, it approaches real human conversational speed. The model delivers strong performance in English text and code, significantly improved multilingual understanding, and outstanding capabilities in visual and audio perception, while offering faster API performance and substantially reduced cost for real-time and complex multimodal applications.

Input$2.5 /M
Output$10 /M
Cache read$1.25 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

DeepSeek V4 Flash
GPT 4o
Input /M
$0.142
$2.5
Output /M
$0.284
$10
Cache read /M
$0.0284
$1.25
Context length
1,000,000
128,000
Max output
384,000
16,384
Time to First Token
1.0 s
0.6 s
Throughput
66.5 tok/s
52.2 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimagepdf
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsthinking
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
April 24, 2026
May 13, 2024

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

deepseek-v4-flashgpt-4o

Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

deepseek-v4-flashgpt-4o

Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
deepseek-v4-flashgpt-4o
1280134014001460
Overall
13351436
Coding
13601483
Math
13091426
Hard prompts
13271459
Instruction following
13181428
Multi-turn
13271452
Creative writing
13261408
Longer query
13381448
Chinese
13301473
English
13481445

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

DeepSeek V4 Flash
$12.78 /mo
GPT 4o
$300 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash, GPT 4o?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.284/M output tokens; GPT 4o: $10/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1483; GPT 4o: 1360 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GPT 4o: 0.6s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts 1,000,000 and GPT 4o accepts 128,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 384,000 tokens on DeepSeek V4 Flash and 16,384 tokens on GPT 4o.

Which one generates tokens faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash at 66.5 tok/s and GPT 4o at 52.2 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and thinking; GPT 4o accepts text, image and PDF input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT 4o with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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