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Updated Aug 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpvsGrok 3 Beta

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is cheaper than Grok 3 Beta at $0.22/M vs $2/M input tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Grok 3 Beta compared across 8 shared prompts
SpecDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpGrok 3 Beta
Input price$0.22/M tokens$2/M tokens
Output price$0.66/M tokens$4/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens131K tokens
WeightsOpen—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2026Apr 2025
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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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Grok 3 Beta278 words
Recipe: \"Golden Harvest Honey Glaze Chicken\" (Savory Dish) Ingredients (7 common pantry items): Chicken thighs or breasts (4 pieces) Honey (3 tablespoons) Soy sauce (2 tablespoons) Garlic (2 cloves, minced, or 1 teaspoon garlic powder) Olive oil (2 tablespoons) Salt (1/2 teaspoon) Black pepper (1/4 teaspoon)…
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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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Grok 3 Beta1,039 words
1-Month Plan for Better Health and Longevity (Beginner-Friendly) This plan focuses on three key areas—Diet, Exercise, and Sleep—to build a strong foundation for health and longevity. Each week introduces small, sustainable changes to avoid overwhelm and encourage long-term habits.
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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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Grok 3 Beta1,109 words
Explanation for an Experienced Software Engineer Hey, as someone who’s built distributed systems and APIs, you’re used to designing systems with clear logic, scalability, and predictable outputs.
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Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
Grok 3 Beta
Grok 3 Beta

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

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs 6.1x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
Input
$0.22
9.1× cheaper
Output
$0.66
6.1× cheaper
Grok 3 Beta
Input
$2.00
Output
$4.00

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is cheaper on both: 9.1× input, 6.1× output.

Where to run it

5 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
Grok 3 Beta

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

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 Grok 3 Beta is developed by xAI. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has a 1.0M token context window vs Grok 3 Beta's 131K. 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 Grok 3 Beta 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 Grok 3 Beta costs $2/M input tokens. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is $1.78/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Grok 3 Beta 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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