Head to head
DeepSeek V4 FlashvsLlama 4 Maverick
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.0002 per solved task against
DeepSeek V4 Flash at $0.02 — ▼ 106x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $4 a month.
On output token price alone Llama 4 Maverick looks 1.6x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for DeepSeek V4 Flash and Llama 4 Maverick| Figure | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Llama 4 Maverick |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.44 | $0.2 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $1.32 | $0.8 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.014 | $0.2 |
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| Pass rate | 73% | 69% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.02measured | $0.0002measured |
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| Cost per month | $4 | $0.04 |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-21 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings