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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Grok 4.6

Pick a route and service tier under each model. Prices, the calculator and the verdicts follow your choice.

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Grok 4.6

At a glance

Generated from the rows below

Choose DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 for

  • The lowest cost per typical request ($0.0007)
  • The largest context window: 1,000,000 tokens
  • The most routes on Phaseo: 18

Choose Grok 4.6 for

  • The longest output: 500,000 tokens

The models are statistically tied on the Epoch Capabilities Index: their 95% confidence intervals overlap.

Overview

Lab
DeepSeek
SpaceXAI
Context window
1Mtokens (best)
500Ktokens
Max output
384Ktokens
500Ktokens (best)from provider listings
Takes
Text, Image
Text, Image
Returns
Text
Text
Routes on Phaseo
18 providers
+10 (best)
4 providers
Released
17 Oct 2026
12 Aug 2026

Pricing

Prices on the route and tier chosen under each model

DeepInfra · StandardSpaceXAI · Standard
Input
$0.20/ 1M tokens
from $2.00/ 1M tokensInput < 200K$2.00Input ≥ 200K$4.00
Output
$0.60/ 1M tokens
from $6.00/ 1M tokensInput < 200K$6.00Input ≥ 200K$12.00
Cache read
$0.006/ 1M tokens
from $0.50/ 1M tokensInput < 200K$0.50Input ≥ 200K$1.00
Typical request2K tokens in, 500 out
$0.0007 (best)
$0.007

What will it cost?

Estimate a month of requests on the route and tier chosen for each model

ModelPer requestPer month
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepInfra · Standard$0.0007$21.00
Grok 4.6SpaceXAI · Standard$0.007$210.00

Uses the route and tier chosen under each model, over 30 days. Cached input is billed at the cache-read rate.

Performance

Live gateway traffic

Latency p50last 24 hours
0.53 s
No traffic in the last 5 days
Throughput p50last 24 hours
22.4 tps
No traffic in the last 5 days
Requests, last 24 hours
5
None in the last 24 hours

Activity

Tokens sent through Phaseo each day over the last 30 days

Tokens, last 30 days
32.2K
No traffic through Phaseo in the last 30 days
Per day
16.3K
7 Oct5 Nov
Input
28.7K
–
Output
1.28K
–
Reasoning
2.25K
–
Requests
27
–

Features

Features from the parameters Phaseo routes support

Tool calling
Yes
Yes
Structured outputs
Yes
Yes
Reasoning effort
Yes
Yes
Web search
Yes
Yes
Prompt cachingon the chosen route
Yes
Yes
Quantisationon the chosen route
Not stated
Not stated

Benchmarks

Only results that two or more of the selected models report get a row

Compare at effort

Epoch Capabilities Index Independent

Higher is better · dot is the estimate, band is the 95% confidence interval · Epoch AI, CC BY 4.0

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017159.3 95% CI 157.0–161.8
Grok 4.6157.9 95% CI 156.0–160.1

Every interval overlaps, so these models are statistically tied on this index.

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Independent

Higher is better · at High effort · 1 of 2 models tested

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Not tested at this effort
Grok 4.644.3

Where they rank

The five leaders on each capability index, then the compared models. Each model at its best-scoring setting.

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index50 models ranked

  1. #1Claude Opus 5.559.1
  2. #2GPT-6 Astra56.9
  3. #3GPT-6.1 Sol54.6
  4. #4Claude Sonnet 5.554.5
  5. #5GPT-6.1 Terra51.3
  6. #16DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 101732.6
  7. #19Grok 4.631.0

Artificial Analysis Coding Index171 models ranked

  1. #1Claude Fable 5.181.6
  2. #2GPT 5.6 Sol78.3
  3. #3Claude Opus 578.0
  4. #4GPT-6 Astra77.1
  5. #5Grok 4.676.8

Artificial Analysis Agentic Index112 models ranked

  1. #1Claude Fable 5.157.9
  2. #2Claude Opus 556.5
  3. #3Qwen 3.8 Max 090256.0
  4. #4Muse Spark 1.355.5
  5. #5Qwen 3.8 Flash Next53.6
  6. #7Grok 4.653.0

Epoch Capabilities Index164 models ranked

  1. #1GPT-6 Astra169.1
  2. #2GPT-6.1 Sol168.9
  3. #3Claude Opus 5.5168.4
  4. #4GPT-6.1 Terra167.8
  5. #5Claude Fable 5.1166.9
  6. #18DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017159.3
  7. #23Grok 4.6157.9
Cost
Artificial Analysis Evaluation Cost (USD)matched by effort level · lower is better
Not tested at this effort
$1,963
Artificial Analysis Evaluation Cost (USD)matched by effort level · lower is better
$384.14
Not tested at this effort
General
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexmatched by effort level
28.6
Not tested at this effort
Artificial Analysis Progress Index v1matched by effort level
319.3
321.5 (best)

Lab-reported results come from each lab’s own launch materials and may use different settings, so none is marked best. Independent results come from third-party evaluators.

Providers

Where each model runs on Phaseo, with standard-tier prices per 1M tokens. Providers that serve more of these models come first.

Inference.net
$0.30 in · $1.00 out (best)262K context
$2.00 in · $6.00 out500K context
Venice
$0.30 in · $1.20 out (best)$10.00 per 1K requests Web search1M context
$2.27 in · $6.80 outfrom $10.00 per 1K requests Web search500K context
DeepInfra
$0.098 in · $0.294 out1.05M context · Standard, Flex, Priority
—
SpaceXAI
—
$2.00 in · $6.00 out$5.00 per 1K requests Native web search requests500K context · Standard, Priority
DeepSeek
$0.15 in · $0.60 out1M context
—
GMICloud
—
$2.00 in · $6.00 out500K context
Alibaba Cloud
$0.15 in · $0.60 out1M context
—
BytePlus
$0.15 in · $0.60 out1.05M context
—
Doubleword
$0.15 in · $0.60 out1M context · Standard, Batch, Flex
—
SiliconFlow
$0.15 in · $0.60 out
—
Also listed, not routed
2 providers
8 providers

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Details

Knowledge cutoff
Not published
Not published
Status
Available
Available
Licence
MIT
Proprietary
Subscription plans
None mapped
15 plansCursor Enterprise, Cursor Pro, Cursor Pro+…
API docs
Not published
Open docs

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Grok 4.6: side-by-side summary

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Grok 4.6 are both available through the Phaseo API, so switching between them is a change of model id rather than a new integration.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is from DeepSeek. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. On its cheapest route it costs $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens.

Grok 4.6 is from SpaceXAI. It has a 500,000-token context window. On its cheapest route it costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 model details, providers and pricingGrok 4.6 model details, providers and pricing

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Grok 4.6 at a glance

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Grok 4.6 compared on price, context window and benchmark score
AttributeDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Grok 4.6
LabDeepSeekSpaceXAI
Input price per 1M tokens$0.20$2.00
Output price per 1M tokens$0.60$6.00
Context window1,000,000 tokens500,000 tokens
Max output384,000 tokens500,000 tokens
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index32.6 (#16)31.0 (#19)

Prices are each model's cheapest standard route on Phaseo. Benchmark ranks use each model's best-scoring evaluated setting.

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or Grok 4.6?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is cheaper for both input and output tokens. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens; Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 and $6.00, each on its cheapest standard route on Phaseo.

Which has the longer context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or Grok 4.6?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the longer context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 500,000 tokens for Grok 4.6.

Which scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or Grok 4.6?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 scores 32.6, ranked #16 of 50. Grok 4.6 scores 31.0, ranked #19 of 50.

Can I use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Grok 4.6 through one API?

Yes. Both are served through the Phaseo API, so you can switch between them by changing the model id.

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