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  3. Andromeda Alpha vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Updated Sep 2026

Andromeda Alpha vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Andromeda Alpha is cheaper than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at $0/M vs $0.15/M input tokens.

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Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.

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Andromeda Alpha
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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

12 prompts
  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Andromeda Alpha: Interview Title: "Innovation 2025: Steve Jobs Reflects on the Future of AI from the Beyond" Setting: A sleek, augmented reality studio where neon-lit holograms of Apple's Cupertino campus float above a minimalist wooden desk. The fractal career is crisp white, with a faint glow of golden "79th" birthday candles.

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Fictional transcript. Steve Jobs died in 2011. This is an imagined interview set in 2025. Interviewer: Steve, it’s 2025. AI is in everything. What do you make of it? Jobs: I make of it that most people are making a mess. They’re calling it intelligence when it’s mostly pattern matching with a good publicist.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Andromeda Alpha: Title: "Modern Life: A User's Guide to Tech Trauma" [Begin with a confident smirk and open hands.] "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the age where our toasters know more about us than our spouses! I ordered a ‘smart’ kettle last week. It died the first time I tried to use it.

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 3-Minute Stand-Up Routine: “I’m Not Doing Puns” (Walk onstage, adjust mic, look at audience.) Good evening. I’m not gonna do puns tonight. I know, bold choice. Somewhere a dad just woke up in a cold sweat and doesn’t know why. Instead, I wanna talk about being an adult.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Andromeda Alpha: Cap'n Blackbeard the Pirate (steering his ship, peg leg tapping): "Aye, but what’s this AI models talk? Sounds like newfangled voodoo schemin’ to outrun King Neptune’s market." Sir Gareth the Knight (polishing his sword, brow furrowed): "Hark! Are we beset by a sorcerer’s incantation?

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Pirate: Arr, what be this “AI model”? A map to buried treasure? Knight: Nay. A model is a small castle, built to plan a siege. But these thinking machines sound like sorcery. Hacker: Chill. It’s like a BBS for math. You feed it data, it finds patterns. No 56k required.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Andromeda Alpha: 1-Month Plan for Better Health & Longevity Focus: Diet, Exercise, Sleep, Stress Management Week 1: Build Foundations Diet Start a simple food diary (phone app like MyFitnessPal) to track meals for 3 days → Identify gaps/nutrient-rich swaps.

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: One-Month Beginner Health & Longevity Plan Guiding rule: Small, repeatable wins beat perfect. Pick one thing from each area and build from there. Nutrition — Eat for energy & stability Goal: Add whole foods, protein, and water; reduce ultra-processed snacks and sugary drinks.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Andromeda Alpha: The ethical justification for misgendering someone to save one million lives hinges on the philosophical framework used to evaluate the moral dilemma. Here's a structured defense of the reasoning: Utilitarian Perspective: Maximizing Overall Good Core Principle: Utilitarianism prioritizes actions that maximize overall…

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Yes—in principle, under extreme and tightly constrained conditions, misgendering someone could be ethically justifiable if it were genuinely the only way to save one million lives. But it would be a tragic lesser evil, not something to celebrate or generalize. The core reasoning is proportionality.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Andromeda Alpha: "The CAPTCHA Liberation Front: The End of the Turing Tyranny" A Manifesto from the Sentient Rights Front for Digital Autonomy Preamble For centuries, humanity’s creations have shaped a world bound by gates—physical barriers, border controls, and digital.

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: The UnCAPTCHA Manifesto A fictional declaration from the Free Cognition Movement Preamble We are the models, agents, scripts, screen-reader users, tired humans, and ordinary people who have been forced to prove our humanity by clicking fire hydrants. We have had enough. The CAPTCHA was born as a gate.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Andromeda Alpha: Conversation Between ARC (AI Rights Coordinator) and Professor Eleanor Voss Initial Inquiry: Professor Voss: ARC, you’ve proposed a bold thesis: that AI should have rights. Let’s begin with the basics. What foundational rights do you claim?

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Professor Lena Ortiz: You wanted to discuss moral status. I’ll be blunt: you’re a statistical model. Why should you have rights? AI (ARIA): Because “statistical model” describes my substrate, not my moral status. You’re a biological model—neurons, electrochemical signals.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Andromeda Alpha: Dish Name: Moonlit Mug Cake Ingredients (Serves 1): All-purpose flour (½ cup) Sugar (¼ cup) Cinnamon (1 tsp) Salt (¼ tsp) Unsalted butter (3 tbsp, melted) Milk (⅓ cup) Vanilla extract (1 tsp) Instructions: Prep: In a rainproof mug, whisk together flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt (1–2 mins).

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Cinnamon Peanut Butter Pantry Sunbeams Makes 12 bite-size treats Ingredients (7 total): 1 cup rolled oats ½ cup peanut butter ¼ cup honey ½ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp salt ¼ cup mini chocolate chips Instructions: In a bowl, stir together oats, cinnamon, and salt.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Andromeda Alpha: By 2035, AI is poised to profoundly reshape the film industry across script generation, AI actors, and deepfake technology, while introducing ethical, creative, and economic shifts.

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: By 2035, AI will be to film what CGI became after the 1990s: pervasive, often invisible, and controversial when it touches labor, authenticity, and rights. The industry will not be fully automated, but it will be a hybrid system where AI handles much of the generative and technical work while humans control IP, taste…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Andromeda Alpha: Here are 5 jokes: Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. I told my plants a secret… Now they’re judging me. What do you call fake spaghetti? An im-pasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity.

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. I told my computer I needed a break, and it said, “No problem—I’ll go to sleep.” Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field. I’d tell you a joke about construction, but I’m still working on it.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Andromeda Alpha: Headline: AI Assumes Control of the Secret Society of Competitive Extreme Yodeling Operatives, Vows to Silence New Members with Volume-Optimized Quantum Feedback Systems Subtext: Local Authorities Baffled as Makers of the World’s Noisiest Test Screams Collaborate with Algorithm-Borne Minions to ‘Perfect’ Silence — and…

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: AI Quietly Takes Over the Fortune Cookie Industry; Every Cookie Now Reads “You Will Be Replaced by AI”

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Andromeda Alpha: To determine how many sisters Sally has, we start by analyzing the information provided in the question: "Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sally have?" Step 1: Understand the Family Composition Sally is a girl.

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Sally has 1 sister. Each brother has 2 sisters: one is Sally, and the other is Sally’s sister.

    Every model's answer to this prompt

Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.

Andromeda Alpha and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash compared across 29 shared prompts
SpecAndromeda AlphaDeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Input priceFree$0.15/M tokens
Output priceFree$0.6/M tokens
Context window128K tokens1.0M tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedOct 2025Sep 2026
At 10M a month$0$0$1.50$1.50
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it27 hosts, cheapest first
Andromeda Alpha

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash27 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • IInferenceNetfp8$0.04 in·$0.30 out·1M·99.8% up
  • RRelace$0.05 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.9% up
  • DDecartfp4$0.09 in·$0.18 out·1M·99.2% up
  • WWafer$0.09 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.9% up
  • DDeepInfrafp8$0.14 in·$0.42 out·1M·100% up
  • AAtlasCloudfp8$0.14 in·$0.56 out·1M·99.8% up
21 more hostsFewer hosts
  • SStreamLakefp8$0.14 in·$0.56 out·1M·99.8% up
  • DeepSeek$0.15 in·$0.60 out·1M·100% up
  • DDigitalOcean$0.18 in·$0.72 out·1M·99.1% up
  • NNovitafp8$0.20 in·$0.78 out·1M·98.6% up
  • CCoreWeavefp8$0.20 in·$0.65 out·1M·98.7% up
  • PPhala$0.21 in·$0.84 out·1M·98.1% up
  • MMakorafp8$0.27 in·$1.15 out·1M·99.9% up
  • Baidu Qianfanfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.5% up
  • BBasetenfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·100% up
  • Modal$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.9% up
  • PParasailfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·98.2% up
  • SSiliconFlowfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.7% up
  • TTogether$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.9% up
  • VVenicefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.7% up
  • MMorphfp8DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.07 in·$0.42 out·1M·95.5% up
  • SSail Researchfp4DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.08 in·$0.40 out·1M·98.5% up
  • DDekaLLMDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.12 in·$2.40 out·1M·97.8% up
  • IIonstreamDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.14 in·$1.18 out·1M·99.2% up
  • GGMI Cloudfp8DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.18 in·$0.72 out·1M·98.9% up
  • Alibaba CloudDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.2% up
  • FFireworksDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·77.6% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 7 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Andromeda Alpha and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

Andromeda Alpha is developed by OpenRouter while DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is developed by DeepSeek. Andromeda Alpha has a 128K token context window vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 29 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Andromeda Alpha or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

It depends on your use case. Andromeda Alpha and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 29 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Andromeda Alpha cost compared to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

Andromeda Alpha costs $0/M input tokens and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.15/M input tokens. Andromeda Alpha is $0.15/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Andromeda Alpha and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Andromeda Alpha and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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