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  5. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpvsGPT-5.6 Sol
Updated Aug 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpvsGPT-5.6 Sol

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is cheaper than GPT-5.6 Sol at $0.22/M vs $5/M input tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and GPT-5.6 Sol compared across 8 shared prompts
SpecDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpGPT-5.6 Sol
Input price$0.22/M tokens$5/M tokens
Output price$0.66/M tokens$30/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.1M tokens
WeightsOpenClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2026Jul 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 3 of the 8 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp144 words
Sticky Soy-Glazed Midnight Noodles A sweet-savory, buttery noodle dish that comes together in about 20 minutes with pantry staples. Ingredients (7): 8 oz spaghetti or noodles 3 tbsp butter 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp honey ½ tsp chili flakes 1 tbsp sesame seeds Instructions: Cook the noodles…
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GPT-5.6 Sol128 words
Pantry-Gold Peanut Butter Oat Cookies Chewy, warmly spiced cookies made with exactly seven pantry staples. Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10–12 minutes Makes: About 14 cookies 7 Ingredients 1 cup peanut butter ¾ cup brown sugar 1 large egg 1 cup rolled oats ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon…
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp869 words
Here is how a large language model learns and generates text, tailored to each of your three audiences. To an Experienced Software Engineer You build distributed systems, so think of an LLM as a massively parallel, lossy compression engine for human text.
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GPT-5.6 Sol869 words
Experienced software engineer An LLM is best understood as a parameterized program learned from data rather than written by developers. Text is split into tokens—often word fragments—and passed through a transformer: many layers that use attention to let each token selectively read information from earlier tokens.
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp565 words
Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1-month plan built around three key pillars: Nutrition, Movement, and Sleep & Stress. The goal is small, repeatable habits — not perfection. The 3 Key Areas Nutrition Goal: Eat more whole foods, more protein, and more plants.
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GPT-5.6 Sol501 words
1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Focus on three foundations: nutrition, movement, and sleep/recovery. Aim for consistency—not perfection. Week 1: Establish a baseline Nutrition Add a fruit or vegetable to two meals daily. Replace one sugary drink or alcoholic drink with water.
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Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs 45x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
Input
$0.22
23× cheaper
Output
$0.66
45× cheaper
GPT-5.6 Sol
Input
$5.00
Output
$30.00

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is cheaper on both: 23× input, 45× output.

Where to run it

8 hosts, cheapest first

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp5 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
FFireworks$0.22 in·$0.66 out·1M·99.8% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1M·99.8% upNNovita$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1M·100% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1M·97.4% upDDeepInfrafp8degraded$0.22 in·$0.65 out·1M·66.3% up
GPT-5.6 Sol3 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
OpenAI$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·99.9% upAzure AI Foundry$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1.1M·100% upAmazon Bedrock$4.40 in·$22.00 out·1.1M·99.5% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is developed by DeepSeek while GPT-5.6 Sol is developed by OpenAI. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has a 1.0M token context window vs GPT-5.6 Sol's 1.1M. You can compare their actual outputs across 8 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and GPT-5.6 Sol each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 8 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs $0.22/M input tokens and GPT-5.6 Sol costs $5/M input tokens. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is $4.78/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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