DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is a sparse mixture-of-experts model from DeepSeek, and the first built on the company's Causal Encoder-Decoder (CED) architecture. It activates 8B parameters on input and 16B on...
Model details →DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) | 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. | $0.30 | $0.38 | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.20 | $1.88 | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| 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 | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)?
Input: $0.30 vs $0.38 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.20 vs $1.88 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) support?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash supports up to 1.0M tokens. Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) support tool calling?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: yes. Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch): yes.