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Updated Sep 2026

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashvsMistral Small Creative

Mistral Small Creative is cheaper than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at $0.1/M vs $0.15/M input tokens.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Mistral Small Creative compared across 6 shared prompts
SpecDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMistral Small Creative
Input price$0.15/M tokens$0.1/M tokens
Output price$0.6/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens33K tokens
WeightsOpen—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Dec 2025
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Mistral Small Creative
Mistral Small CreativeRunner-up

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.

Slight edge
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Input
$0.15
Output
$0.60
Mistral Small Creative
Input
$0.10
1.5× cheaper
Output
$0.30
2.0× cheaper

Mistral Small Creative is cheaper on both: 1.5× input, 2.0× output.

Where to run it

23 hosts, cheapest first

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash23 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
OOpenInferencefp4$0.10 in·$0.50 out·1M·99.5% upWWafer$0.12 in·$0.60 out·1M·99.7% upRRelacefp4$0.12 in·$0.52 out·1M·99.9% upMMorph$0.13 in·$0.51 out·1M·98.4% upSSail Researchfp4$0.13 in·$0.75 out·1M·99.9% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.14 in·$0.42 out·1M·99.7% up
17 more hostsFewer hosts
SStreamLakefp8$0.15 in·$0.60 out·1M·99.5% upCCoreWeavefp8$0.20 in·$0.65 out·1M·99.2% upFFireworks$0.22 in·$0.66 out·1M·98.8% upPPhala$0.28 in·$1.10 out·1M·99.4% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.28 in·$1.14 out·1M·99.6% upNNovitafp8$0.28 in·$1.14 out·1M·100% upAlibaba Cloud$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.9% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.7% upBBasetenfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.4% upDeepSeek$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·100% upDDigitalOcean$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·97.9% upMMakora$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·98.9% upModal$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.8% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.8% upTTogether$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.9% upVVenicefp8$0.38 in·$1.50 out·1M·96.7% upPParasailfp8degraded$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·93% up
Mistral Small Creative

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

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

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FAQ

Common questions

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is developed by DeepSeek while Mistral Small Creative is developed by Mistral AI. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has a 1.0M token context window vs Mistral Small Creative's 33K. You can compare their actual outputs across 6 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Mistral Small Creative each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 6 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.15/M input tokens and Mistral Small Creative costs $0.1/M input tokens. Mistral Small Creative is $0.05/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 V4.1 Flash and Mistral Small Creative 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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