DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Gemini 4 Argon API pricing
For a chat message (1K input, 500 output), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs $0.00045 per request and Gemini 4 Argon costs $0.007, so DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is about 16× cheaper.
On the overall leaderboard DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ranks #15 and Gemini 4 Argon ranks #3.
Prices are the standard pay-as-you-go prices in OpenRouter's public model list, with input at the cache-miss price. Models OpenRouter does not list use the vendor's official price; those listed in CNY are converted to USD at this round's exchange rate.
Prices and rankings
| USD per million tokens | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.15 | $2 |
| Output | $0.6 | $10 |
| Cached input | $0.003 | $0.1 |
| Provider | deepseek | |
| Release date | — | 2026-09-30 |
| Overall rank | #15 | #3 |
| Coding rank | — | #13 |
| Reasoning rank | — | — |
| Knowledge rank | — | #1 |
| Professional work rank | #14 | #1 |
| Verified | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-20 |
| Price source | Price source | Price source |
Cost per request by usage
Without cache discounts or batch pricing.
| Usage | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Gemini 4 Argon | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat message1K in / 500 out | $0.00045$0.45 per 1,000 | $0.007$7 per 1,000 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is 16× cheaper |
| Long document100K in / 2K out | $0.0162$16.2 per 1,000 | $0.22$220 per 1,000 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is 14× cheaper |
| Agent session500K in / 50K out | $0.1$105 per 1,000 | $1.5$1,500 per 1,000 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is 14× cheaper |
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