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GEMINI 3 FLASH VS DEEPSEEK V4 FLASH
Google vs DeepSeek, in USD per million tokens, verified daily against public list prices. Same jobs, both meters running.
Gemini 3 Flash costs 9.7x more than DeepSeek V4 Flash for the same job — a 1,000-token prompt with a 3,000-token reply runs $0.0095 vs $0.0010. At 1,000 runs a day, that gap is $255.60 a month for identical traffic.
SIDE BY SIDE
| Gemini 3 Flash → | DeepSeek V4 Flash → | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | DeepSeek | |
| Input / MTok | $0.500 | $0.140 |
| Output / MTok | $3.00 | $0.280 |
| Output multiple | 6.0x | 2.0x |
| 1K prompt + 3K reply | $0.0095 | $0.0010 |
SAME JOB, BOTH BILLS
| Scenario | Gemini 3 Flash | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| A typical prompt | $0.0029 | $0.0003 | 9.7x |
| A 20-turn conversation | $0.01 | $0.0017 | 8.3x |
| Summarizing a 10-page document | $0.01 | $0.0020 | 6.7x |
| One agent run | $0.04 | $0.0036 | 10.2x |
| A code review request | $0.01 | $0.0013 | 9.5x |
Output sizes use the same editorial ratios as the Burn Calculator. Estimates, not invoices — and price is not a benchmark: the cheaper model is only a bargain if it does the job.
SETTLE IT WITH YOUR OWN PROMPT
Paste a real prompt into the Burn Calculator and see what it costs on Gemini 3 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Flash and the other 10 models on the board — plus how much of it is waste either way.