DeepSeek V4.1 costs less to serve but prices 2x higher per output token, margins likely up
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-13
teortaxesTex argues V4.1 is strictly cheaper to serve than V4-Flash (lower FLOPs past 128K, 4x less cache, better caching) while priced 2x higher per output token even off-peak — up from 80% margins at V4's cheapest. A quoted post notes V4.1 Flash now scores above GPT-5.6 Luna Max on Artificial Analysis' intelligence index at low cost, making it a top API value pick, and pushing MiMo off the Pareto frontier.
More from Models
- Leak: Google Reportedly Has Another 'Hella Chonky' Model After Carbon — iruletheworldmo · 2026-10-30
- Users report across-the-board GPT quality drop: weaker writing and broken instruction following — Kyrannio · 2026-10-30
- Leak claims Gemini Argon hits Pro trial from November 2nd (unverified) — Emotional-Company847 · 2026-10-30
- OpenAI retiring waves of legacy models: GPT-5 family dies Dec 11, GPT-4.1 by Jan 2027 — ThePeterMick · 2026-10-30
- DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis tells Musk: testing with trusted partners, coming soon — demishassabis · 2026-10-30
- Adobe stands firm on not training on customer data, using licensed stock instead — omooretweets · 2026-10-30