Head to head
DeepSeek V4 FlashvsQwen3 VL 8B Instruct
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.0001 per solved task against
DeepSeek V4 Flash at $0.02 — ▼ 150x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $4 a month.
On output token price alone Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct looks 2.9x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for DeepSeek V4 Flash and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct| Figure | DeepSeek V4 Flash | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.44 | $0.117 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $1.32 | $0.455 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.014 | $0.117 |
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| Pass rate | 73% | 61% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.02measured | $0.0001measured |
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| Cost per month | $4 | $0.02 |
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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