AI model comparison

Qwen3.8 Flash vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Qwen3.8 Flash is a multimodal reasoning model from Alibaba.

Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.47
Context
1M

DeepSeek V4 Pro is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts model from DeepSeek with 1.6T total parameters and 49B activated parameters, supporting a 1M-token context window.

Input / 1M
$0.21
Output / 1M
$0.42
Context
1.05M

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Qwen3.8 Flash

1.2x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

Tie

Not enough benchmark data

Larger context window

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DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423

1.05M vs 1M tokens

Newer release

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Qwen3.8 Flash

Released August 26, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

qwen logoQwen3.8 FlashNot available
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 042330.4

Coding index

qwen logoQwen3.8 FlashNot available
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 042359.4

Agentic index

qwen logoQwen3.8 FlashNot available
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 042326.3

Pricing

Qwen3.8 Flash vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricqwen logoQwen3.8 Flashdeepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.15$0.21
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.47$0.42
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.02$0.02
Cache writePer 1M tokens$0.20Not available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

qwen logoQwen3.8 Flash$0.54
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423$0.63

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

qwen logoQwen3.8 Flash$6.38$2.36 cached
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423$7.93$2.19 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

qwen logoQwen3.8 Flash$23.44$3.34 cached
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423$32.16$3.45 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricqwen logoQwen3.8 Flashdeepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Context window1M tokens1.05M tokens
Max output131K tokens384K tokens
Input typesImage, Text, VideoText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableExtra high, High
Default reasoning effortNot availableHigh
Release dateAugust 26, 2026April 24, 2026

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricqwen logoQwen3.8 Flashdeepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Qwen3.8 Flash is 1.2x cheaper for a typical chat. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has the larger context window (1.05M vs 1M tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.8 Flash or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 cheaper?

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.47 per 1M output tokens, while DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 costs $0.21 per 1M input tokens and $0.42 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Qwen3.8 Flash or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 1M for Qwen3.8 Flash.

Can I use Qwen3.8 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Qwen3.8 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Qwen3.8 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.