Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash ranks #3 overall — ahead of Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash at #15. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on input tokens at $0.09/1M vs $0.30/1M for Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash.
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | deepseek | |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | $0.09 | $0.30 |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | $0.18 | $2.50 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input modalities | text | file, image, text, audio, video |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| AA Intelligence | — | — |
| AA Coding | — | — |
| AA Agentic | 31.1 | — |
| Released | Apr 2026 | Jun 2025 |
| Task | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | #3 | #15 |
| Memory Extraction | #2 | — |
| Multi-step Planning | #1 | — |
| Tool Dispatch | #1 | — |
| Web Search | #1 | — |
| Agent Workflows | #2 |
Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.
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| Classification & Tagging | #1 | #3 |
| Debugging | #4 | — |
| DevOps Config | #3 | — |
| File Read/Write | #3 | — |
| Frontend UI | #4 | — |
| Code Implementation | #4 | — |
| Repo Analysis | #5 | — |
| Code Review & Security | #4 | — |
| Shell Execution | #5 | — |
