{
  "id": 79888,
  "title": "Artificial Analysis: DeepSeek's V4-Flash costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens, or $0.03 per test, far below Kimi K3's $0.86 and GPT-5.6 Sol's $1.86 (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/artificial-analysis-deepseeks-v4-flash-costs-0-14-1m-input-and-0-28",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-03T10:30:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/deepseeks-new-ai-model-is-by-far-cheapest-well-known-models-run-research-firm-2026-08-03/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A version of Chinese startup DeepSeek's flagship AI model, V4-Flash, is the least expensive to run on benchmark tests among well-known models globally. According to research firm Artificial Analysis, DeepSeek's V4-Flash costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens.\n\nThis translates to an average cost of $0.03 per test for V4-Flash. In comparison, Kimi K3 from Chinese rival Moonshot AI costs $0.86 per test, while OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol costs $1.86 per test, as per Artificial Analysis.\n\nDeepSeek's V4-Flash performs on par with Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash but trails offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic. The startup officially released its V4-Flash model recently, its latest attempt to offer ultra-low-cost AI alternatives.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}