Is deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 or DeepSeek V4 Flash cheaper?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on output tokens ($0.28 vs $2.18 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 or DeepSeek V4 Flash?

DeepSeek V4 Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on output tokens, while DeepSeek V4 Flash offers a larger context window. Choose deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 or DeepSeek V4 Flash based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1	DeepSeek V4 Flash
Provider	SiliconFlow (China)	SiliconFlow (China)
Input / 1M tokens	$0.50	$0.14
Output / 1M tokens	$2.18	$0.28
Context window	164K	1M
Parameters	671B	284B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	May 2025	Apr 2026

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 details →DeepSeek V4 Flash details →

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