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Head to head

DeepSeek V4 FlashvsMinistral 8B

For tasks, about a month.

Verdict · measured basis

Ministral 8B costs $0.0001 per solved task against DeepSeek V4 Flash at $0.02 — ▼ 186x cheaper. Over 200 tasks that is $4 a month.

On output token price alone Ministral 8B looks 12x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.

Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for DeepSeek V4 Flash and Ministral 8B
FigureDeepSeek V4 FlashMinistral 8B
Input $/Mtok$0.44$0.11
Output $/Mtok$1.32$0.11
Cached input $/Mtok$0.014$0.11
Pass rate73%25%
Cost per solved task$0.02measured$0.0001measured
Cost per month$4$0.02

Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker

Monthly cost against tasks per monthLog-log lines for Ministral 8B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), DeepSeek V4 Flash (measured, $0.02 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks.101001k10k100k$0.001$0.01$0.1$1$10$100$1kTASKS / MONTH (log) →200 tasksMinistral 8B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task$0.02DeepSeek V4 Flash · MEASURED · $0.02 per solved task$4— Ministral 8B · MEASURED— DeepSeek V4 Flash · MEASURED

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