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Gemini 3.1 Pro vs DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 0910: which should you use?

Input$2.00$0.300
Output$12.00$1.20
Cached input$0.200$0.0060
Context window1,000K1,000K
Blended /1M$7.00$0.750

DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 0910 is the cheaper option per blended million tokens.

Pick 1 if
Gemini 3.1 Pro

You need the highest benchmark scores and can absorb the higher per-token price.

Pick 2 if
DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 0910

You are optimizing for cost at scale and your workloads tolerate the score gap.

DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 0910 leads on 3 of 5 shared benchmarks; DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 0910 is ~89% cheaper per blended million tokens.

DimensionGemini 3.1 ProDeepSeek V4.1-Flash 0910
GPQA Diamond94.3%90.9%
HLE44.4%36.8%
Codeforces (Rating)—3471
MathArena Apex60.9%65.6%
Terminal-Bench 2.1—90.6%
Terminal-Bench 3.0—30%
Terminal-Bench 4.0—31.2%
DeepSWE v1.1—74.2%
ProgramBench—20.3%
NL2Repo-Bench—65.4%
CyberGym—88.1%
SEC-Bench Pro—62.8%
ExploitGym—15.3%
HLE (w/tools)51.4%63.9%
Automation-Bench35.4%54.8%
Agents' Last Exam—31.8%
Chartography (w/tools)—78.9%
BabyVision (w/tools)—89.6%
ZeroBench-main (w/tools)—49%
Blended price$7.00 /1M$0.750 /1M
Full priceInput · Output · Cached input$2.00 · $12.00 · $0.200$0.300 · $1.20 · $0.0060
Context window1,000K1,000K

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Gemini 3.1 Pro
$200/mo
DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 0910
$24.00/mo

Estimates use list prices and ignore cached input, batch discounts, and off-peak rates.

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