DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemma 4: API price and specs
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 68% cheaper than Gemma 4 on input price.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 62% cheaper than Gemma 4 on output price.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 66% cheaper than Gemma 4 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a 309.6% larger context than Gemma 4.
| Field | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Gemma 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.045 | $0.14 +211.1% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.30 +87.5% | $0.16 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.15 | $0.40 +166.7% |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.20 +166.7% | $0.45 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.075 | $0.22 +193.3% |
| Context | 1M | 256K +75.6% |
| Max output | 1M | — |
| Providers | 60 | 4 +93.3% |
| Regions | APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US | EU |
| Accepts | application/pdf, file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text | image, text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | yes | no |
| Cheapest provider | openrouter | ollama-cloud |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
digitalocean, edenai, ollama, ollama-cloud
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 4?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 68% cheaper than Gemma 4 on input price. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 62% cheaper than Gemma 4 on output price. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 66% cheaper than Gemma 4 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Gemma 4?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 1M tokens; Gemma 4: 256K tokens.
Where can I use both DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Gemma 4?
digitalocean, edenai, ollama, ollama-cloud