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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)

Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-04.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)
Vendordeepseekdeepseek
Quality Score100100
Benchmark Score66.366.3
Input Price$0.00/M$0.11/M
Output Price$2.40/M$0.34/M
Context Window1,048,5761,048,576
Max Output943,718131,072
Tool Calling✓✓
Structured Output✓✓
Reasoning Mode✓✓
Vision✓✓
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Benchmark Scores
ai_index65.165.1

The verdict

For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) costs $0.20 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.60, so DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) is about 3.1 times cheaper for the same work.

Both read up to 1,048,576 tokens at once, roughly 1,573 pages of text.

Across the 10 tasks where they differ, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).

Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.

Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.

Who wins by task?

TaskDeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)
SQL Generation 141 141
Code Completion 132 133
Code Documentation 137 137
Regex Writing 126 126
CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup 136 136
JSON Extraction 131 131
Bulk Data Labeling 129 129
Long-Document Summarization 148 148
Short-Form Summarization 126 127
Blog Post Writing 129 129

Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →

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