PRICING SNAPSHOT 2026-10-13CLAUDE FABLE 5 $10.00/$50.00 MTOKCLAUDE FABLE 5.1 $10.00/$50.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 5 $5.00/$25.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 4.8 $5.00/$25.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 5.5 $4.00/$20.00 MTOKCLAUDE SONNET 5.5 $2.00/$10.00 MTOKCLAUDE SONNET 5 $2.00/$10.00 MTOKCLAUDE HAIKU 5.5 $0.10/$0.50 MTOKCLAUDE HAIKU 4.5 $1.00/$5.00 MTOKGPT-6 ASTRA $10.00/$50.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 $4.00/$20.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 CYBER $12.50/$75.00 MTOKGPT-5.5 $5.00/$30.00 MTOKGPT-5.4 $2.50/$15.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 TERRA $2.00/$12.00 MTOKGPT-6.1 SOL $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGPT-6 SOL $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGPT-5 MINI $0.25/$2.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 LUNA $0.20/$1.20 MTOKGPT-6 LUNA $0.10/$0.50 MTOKGEMINI 4 ARGON $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.1 PRO $2.00/$12.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.6 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3.5 FLASH $1.50/$9.00 MTOKGEMINI OMNI FLASH $1.50/$9.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.7 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3.8 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3 FLASH $0.50/$3.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.5 FLASH LITE $0.30/$2.50 MTOKDEEPSEEK V4 PRO $0.66/$1.98 MTOKDEEPSEEK V4.1 FLASH $0.15/$0.60 MTOKGLM 5.3 $1.40/$4.40 MTOKGLM 5.3 FLASH $0.15/$0.50 MTOKKIMI K2.6 $0.95/$4.00 MTOKMUSE WONDER $4.00/$20.00 MTOKMUSE SPARK 1.3 $1.25/$4.25 MTOK

PRICING SNAPSHOT 2026-10-13CLAUDE FABLE 5 $10.00/$50.00 MTOKCLAUDE FABLE 5.1 $10.00/$50.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 5 $5.00/$25.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 4.8 $5.00/$25.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 5.5 $4.00/$20.00 MTOKCLAUDE SONNET 5.5 $2.00/$10.00 MTOKCLAUDE SONNET 5 $2.00/$10.00 MTOKCLAUDE HAIKU 5.5 $0.10/$0.50 MTOKCLAUDE HAIKU 4.5 $1.00/$5.00 MTOKGPT-6 ASTRA $10.00/$50.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 $4.00/$20.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 CYBER $12.50/$75.00 MTOKGPT-5.5 $5.00/$30.00 MTOKGPT-5.4 $2.50/$15.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 TERRA $2.00/$12.00 MTOKGPT-6.1 SOL $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGPT-6 SOL $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGPT-5 MINI $0.25/$2.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 LUNA $0.20/$1.20 MTOKGPT-6 LUNA $0.10/$0.50 MTOKGEMINI 4 ARGON $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.1 PRO $2.00/$12.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.6 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3.5 FLASH $1.50/$9.00 MTOKGEMINI OMNI FLASH $1.50/$9.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.7 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3.8 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3 FLASH $0.50/$3.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.5 FLASH LITE $0.30/$2.50 MTOKDEEPSEEK V4 PRO $0.66/$1.98 MTOKDEEPSEEK V4.1 FLASH $0.15/$0.60 MTOKGLM 5.3 $1.40/$4.40 MTOKGLM 5.3 FLASH $0.15/$0.50 MTOKKIMI K2.6 $0.95/$4.00 MTOKMUSE WONDER $4.00/$20.00 MTOKMUSE SPARK 1.3 $1.25/$4.25 MTOK

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THE TICKER · HEAD-TO-HEAD · CHECKED DAILY · LAST CHANGE 2026-10-13

GPT-5 MINI VS DEEPSEEK V4.1 FLASH

OpenAI vs DeepSeek, in USD per million tokens, cross-checked daily against the public pricing dataset. Same jobs, both meters running.

THE VERDICT

3.2x

GPT-5 Mini costs 3.2x more than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for the same job — a 1,000-token prompt with a 3,000-token reply runs $0.0063 vs $0.0019. At 1,000 runs a day, that gap is $129.00 a month for identical traffic.

SIDE BY SIDE

	GPT-5 Mini →	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash →
Vendor	OpenAI	DeepSeek
Input / MTok	$0.250	$0.150
Output / MTok	$2.00	$0.600
Output multiple	8.0x	4.0x
1K prompt + 3K reply	$0.0063	$0.0019

SAME JOB, BOTH BILLS

Scenario	GPT-5 Mini	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Gap
A typical prompt	$0.0019	$0.0006	3.2x
A 20-turn conversation	$0.0090	$0.0030	3.0x
Summarizing a 10-page document	$0.0084	$0.0031	2.7x
One agent run	$0.02	$0.0075	3.3x
A code review request	$0.0079	$0.0025	3.2x

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 GPT-5 Mini, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and the other 34 models on the board — plus how much of it is waste either way.