Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and Qwen Plus from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Qwen Plus(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.
The Qwen series models with balanced capabilities have inference performance and speed between Qwen-Max and Qwen-Turbo, making them suitable for moderately complex tasks. This model is a dynamically updated version, and updates will not be announced in advance. The current version is qwen-plus-2025-04-28.The model adopts tiered pricing.
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
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DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.284/M output tokens; Qwen Plus: $1.126/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
Qwen Plus: 0.8s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
DeepSeek V4 Flash at 66.5 tok/s and Qwen Plus at 38.6 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
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