DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Qwen-Plus
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Data updated on September 30, 2026· 217 models
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.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- ▲
- 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
Qwen-Plus, based on the Qwen2.5 foundation model, is a 131K context model with a balanced performance, speed, and cost combination.
- Reasoning estimated
- ▲
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 1 M tokens
- Max output
- 33 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$0.260
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$0.780
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.052
- Batch (input / output)
- —
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 01/25/2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2024-04
- API id
- qwen/qwen-plus
Which is the better API choice: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Qwen-Plus?
- Qwen-Plus: cheapest input (13% less than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash)
- Qwen-Plus: cheapest output
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: largest context (1 M)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: the newest (09/10/2026)
- Qwen-Plus: most reasoning (estimated)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: the fastest (estimated)
Qwen-Plus costs 13% less on input and 35% less on output than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.260 / $0.780 versus $0.300 / $1.20 per million tokens). DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts images. 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.
With Qwen-Plus you save $2.28 a month versus DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (25% less).
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Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model
Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.
Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)
- 1Qwen-Plus Qwen$0.020
- 2DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek$0.023
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- 5Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic$0.304
- 6Claude Opus 5 Anthropic$0.380
- 7Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic$0.760
- 8Claude Fable 5 Anthropic$0.760
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Frequently asked questions
Which is the better API choice: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Qwen-Plus?
Qwen-Plus costs 13% less on input and 35% less on output than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.260 / $0.780 versus $0.300 / $1.20 per million tokens). DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts images. 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 Qwen-Plus?
Qwen-Plus is cheaper: $0.260 per million input tokens and $0.780 per million output tokens, versus $0.300 / $1.20 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.
Which has more context: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Qwen-Plus?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts 1 M tokens of context; Qwen-Plus accepts 1 M.
Which is newer: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Qwen-Plus?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash was released on 09/10/2026; Qwen-Plus on 01/25/2024.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Qwen-Plus?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: $9.30; Qwen-Plus: $7.02 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.