DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp is an experimental vision-enabled version of [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731](https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731) from DeepSeek, adding image understanding while matching the base model on text capabi…
Model details →DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Meta: Llama 4 Maverick
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct (128E) is a high-capacity multimodal language model from Meta, built on a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture with 128 experts and 17 billion active parameters per forward...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1.0M | 1.0M | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.22 | $0.19 | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.65 | $0.65 | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | — | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp better than Meta: Llama 4 Maverick?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Meta: Llama 4 Maverick?
Input: $0.22 vs $0.19 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.65 vs $0.65 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Meta: Llama 4 Maverick support?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp supports up to 1.0M tokens. Meta: Llama 4 Maverick supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp and Meta: Llama 4 Maverick support tool calling?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: yes. Meta: Llama 4 Maverick: yes.