Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct cheaper?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on output tokens ($0.28 vs $2.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

DeepSeek V4 Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on output tokens, while DeepSeek V4 Flash offers a larger context window. Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	DeepSeek V4 Flash	GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.14	$1.50
Output / 1M tokens	$0.28	$2.00
Context window	1M	8K
Parameters	284B	20B
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2026	Sep 2023

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