Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT 5.6 Sol

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and GPT 5.6 Sol 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 5.6 Sol
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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 5.6 Sol
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT‑5.6 Sol sets a new standard for both intelligence and efficiency, achieving state-of-the-art results across coding, knowledge work, cybersecurity, and science while outperforming previous and competing frontier models with fewer tokens and at lower estimated cost.

Input$4 /M
Output$20 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

DeepSeek V4 Flash
GPT 5.6 Sol
Input /M
$0.142
$4
Output /M
$0.284
$20
Cache read /M
$0.0284
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Context length
1,000,000
1,050,000
Max output
384,000
128,000
Time to First Token
1.0 s
4.6 s
Throughput
66.5 tok/s
48.4 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsthinking
toolsthinkingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
chat_completions · responses
Released
April 24, 2026
July 9, 2026

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-5.6-sol

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.

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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-5.6-sol
1380144015001560
Overall
14361483
Coding
14831529
Math
14261485
Hard prompts
14591507
Instruction following
14281485
Multi-turn
14521487
Creative writing
14081477
Longer query
14481496
Chinese
14731534
English
14451489

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 5.6 Sol
$540 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash, GPT 5.6 Sol?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.284/M output tokens; GPT 5.6 Sol: $20/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GPT 5.6 Sol: 1529; DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1483 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1.0s 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 5.6 Sol accepts 1,050,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 384,000 tokens on DeepSeek V4 Flash and 128,000 tokens on GPT 5.6 Sol.

Which one generates tokens faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash at 66.5 tok/s and GPT 5.6 Sol at 48.4 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 5.6 Sol accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, thinking and structured outputs.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash and GPT 5.6 Sol 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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