Compare · ModelsLive · 2 picked · head to head

GPT-5 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · GPT-5 · DeepSeek V4 Flash are still filling in scores.

Hype vs Reality
GPT-5
#98 by perf·no signal
QUIET
DeepSeek V4 Flash
#31 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
56.4x better value than GPT-5
GPT-5
9.5 pts/$
$5.63/M
DeepSeek V4 Flash
533.3 pts/$
$0.13/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
OpenAI logoGPT-5$1.25$10.00400K tokens (~200 books)$34.38
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash$0.08$0.171.0M tokens (~524 books)$1.05