Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V4 Flash cheaper?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on output tokens ($0.22 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V4 Flash?

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

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper on output tokens, while DeepSeek V4 Flash offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V4 Flash based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Sonnet 4.6	DeepSeek V4 Flash
Provider	GMI Cloud	GMI Cloud
Input / 1M tokens	$3.00	$0.11
Output / 1M tokens	$15.00	$0.22
Context window	410K	1M
Parameters	—	284B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Apr 2026

Claude Sonnet 4.6 details →DeepSeek V4 Flash details →

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