DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Qwen3.8 Max API pricing
For a chat message (1K input, 500 output), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs $0.00045 per request and Qwen3.8 Max costs $0.00449, so DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is about 10× cheaper.
On the overall leaderboard DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ranks #15 and Qwen3.8 Max ranks #14.
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 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.15 | $1.8List ¥12 |
| Output | $0.6 | $5.39List ¥36 |
| Cached input | $0.003 | — |
| Provider | deepseek | Alibaba |
| Release date | — | 2026-07-19 |
| Overall rank | #15 | #14 |
| Coding rank | — | #14 |
| Reasoning rank | — | #16 |
| Knowledge rank | — | — |
| Professional work rank | #14 | #11 |
| Verified | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-19 |
| Price source | Price source | Price source |
Cost per request by usage
Without cache discounts or batch pricing.
| Usage | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Qwen3.8 Max | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat message1K in / 500 out | $0.00045$0.45 per 1,000 | $0.00449$4.49 per 1,000 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is 10× cheaper |
| Long document100K in / 2K out | $0.0162$16.2 per 1,000 | $0.19$190.4 per 1,000 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is 12× cheaper |
| Agent session500K in / 50K out | $0.1$105 per 1,000 | $1.17$1,167.54 per 1,000 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is 11× cheaper |
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