DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Lyria 3 Clip Preview

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Data updated on September 30, 2026· 217 models

DeepSeekV4.1 Flash

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is a sparse mixture-of-experts model from DeepSeek, and the first built on the company's Causal Encoder-Decoder (CED) architecture.

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Reasoning estimated
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Speed estimated
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Input
Output
Context
1 M tokens
Max output
▲944 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
$0.300
Output, $ per 1M tokens
$1.20
Cache read, $ per 1M
$0.006
Batch (input / output)
$0.112 / $0.336
Tool calling
Yes
Released
▲09/10/2026
Knowledge cutoff
2025-05
API id
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash
GoogleClip Preview

30 second duration clips are priced at $0.04 per clip.

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Reasoning estimated
Speed estimated
Input
Output
Context
1 M tokens
Max output
66 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
▲$0.000
Output, $ per 1M tokens
▲$0.000
Cache read, $ per 1M
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Batch (input / output)
—
Tool calling
No
Released
03/25/2026
Knowledge cutoff
—
API id
google/lyria-3-clip-preview
Third model (optional)
text image audio video PDF / file reasoning (1 to 5, estimated by family) speed (1 to 4, estimated by family)▲ best value among the selected

Which is the better API choice: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Lyria 3 Clip Preview?

  • Lyria 3 Clip Preview: cheapest input (100% less than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash)
  • Lyria 3 Clip Preview: cheapest output
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: the newest (09/10/2026)
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: most reasoning (estimated)
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: the fastest (estimated)

Lyria 3 Clip Preview costs 100% less on input and 100% less on output than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.000 / $0.000 versus $0.300 / $1.20 per million tokens). All accept 1 M tokens of context. On capabilities, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a reasoning mode. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.

What would your product cost?

Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
$9.30/mo
Lyria 3 Clip Preview
$0.00/mo

With Lyria 3 Clip Preview you save $9.30 a month versus DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (100% less).

The 6 cheapest for this scenario (chat, last 12 months)

  1. 1Lyria 3 Pro Preview Google$0.00
  2. 2Lyria 3 Clip Preview Google$0.00
  3. 3Qwen3.7 Flash Qwen$0.97
  4. 4DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 DeepSeek$1.55
  5. 5Ministral 3 3B 2512 Mistral$1.90
  6. 6Qwen3.5-Flash Qwen$2.02

Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model

Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.

76tokens approx.287 characters

Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)

  1. 1Lyria 3 Clip Preview Google$0.000
  2. 2DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek$0.023
  3. 3Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic$0.152
  4. 4Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic$0.152
  5. 5Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic$0.304
  6. 6Claude Opus 5 Anthropic$0.380
  7. 7Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic$0.760
  8. 8Claude Fable 5 Anthropic$0.760

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Frequently asked questions

Which is the better API choice: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Lyria 3 Clip Preview?

Lyria 3 Clip Preview costs 100% less on input and 100% less on output than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.000 / $0.000 versus $0.300 / $1.20 per million tokens). All accept 1 M tokens of context. On capabilities, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a reasoning mode. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Lyria 3 Clip Preview?

Lyria 3 Clip Preview is cheaper: $0.000 per million input tokens and $0.000 per million output tokens, versus $0.300 / $1.20 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.

Which has more context: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Lyria 3 Clip Preview?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Lyria 3 Clip Preview accept the same context: 1 M tokens.

Which is newer: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Lyria 3 Clip Preview?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash was released on 09/10/2026; Lyria 3 Clip Preview on 03/25/2026.

What would 10,000 requests a month cost with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Lyria 3 Clip Preview?

With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: $9.30; Lyria 3 Clip Preview: $0.00 a month, at list price.

Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?

From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.

What does price per million tokens mean?

It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.

Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.