DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs o3
Practical read: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs under a tenth as much and reads five times more context. One API key runs both.
No card required. Start with 1 million free tokens.
Side by side:
| Attribute | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, 1M in + out | $0.16 Engy, cheapest route | $10.55 OpenAI, cheapest route |
| Best for | Low cost and long documents | |
| Input / output, 1M | $0.032 / $0.13 | $2.11 / $8.44 |
| Cached input | $0.01/1M to $0.131875/1M | $0.5275/1M |
| Context window | 1.05M 1,048,576 tokens | 200K 200,000 tokens |
| First token, p50 | 0.95 s via Sail Research | Measuring |
| AI IQ | IQ 128 #19 on AI IQ | IQ 103 #112 on AI IQ |
| Provider routes | 19 with failover | 1 |
| Privacy | Confidential E2EE and zero retention route | Zero retention route |
| Recent route uptime range | 99.15% to 100.00% | not enough data |
| Publisher | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Modes | chat | chat |
| More detail |
Price adds one million input and one million output tokens on the cheapest route. Prices and speed change: see the monthly reports and run a small eval before you choose a default.
Test both with your agent
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Compare DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and o3 in this project through TrustedRouter.
1. Read https://trustedrouter.com/docs/llms.txt
2. Point the OpenAI-compatible client at
https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1 and read the key from
TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY.
3. Run our eval prompts on deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017, then on openai/o3.
4. Show me cost, latency and quality side by side before changing the default.
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
api_key=os.environ["TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
for model in ("deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017", "openai/o3"):
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model=model,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?"}],
)
print(model, response.choices[0].message.content)
for model in deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 openai/o3; do
curl https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"model\": \"$model\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"What is the capital of France?\"}]}"
done
Questions
Which should I use, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or OpenAI: o3?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the lower published input-plus-output rate, more Credits provider routes and the larger context window. There is not enough recent probe data to compare speed.
Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or OpenAI: o3 cheaper?
The current cheapest TrustedRouter route is $0.15825/1M for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and $10.55/1M for OpenAI: o3. The comparison uses current catalog prices and updates as provider pricing changes.
Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or OpenAI: o3 faster?
Current measured p50 time to first token is 946 ms for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and not enough data for OpenAI: o3. These are routed probe measurements, not vendor-advertised speeds, and update as new samples arrive.
Can I test DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and OpenAI: o3 with the same API?
Yes. Use the same OpenAI-compatible TrustedRouter base URL and API key, then change only the model id between deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 and openai/o3. This makes side-by-side evals possible without maintaining two provider integrations.
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Try DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and o3 with one key.
TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.
No card required. Start with 1 million free tokens.