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Specifications
Context windowHow much information the model can work with in one request, measured in tokens — pieces of words or other data. This includes your question, attachments, conversation and reply. Limits can vary by model variant and provider.
100k1M
API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across every provider on OpenRouter, the lab included. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page.
—$0.0333OpenInference
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across every provider on OpenRouter, the lab included. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input.
—$0.25Sail Research
—$22.75Morph · fp8
These models have no shared benchmark scores.
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateAug 9 2023Sep 10 2026
AccessClosedOpen Weight
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Frequently asked questions

Claude Instant 1.2 and DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Instant 1.2 shipped 1128 days before DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 100k (Claude Instant 1.2) vs 1M (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash). Claude Instant 1.2 is closed, while DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Instant 1.2 and DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.