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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs GPT 6 Sol

Practical read: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs about a quarter as much. One API key runs both.

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Side by side:

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 compared with GPT 6 Sol
Attribute DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 GPT 6 Sol openai/gpt-6-sol-codex
Price, 1M in + out $0.16 Engy, cheapest route $0.63 Atlas Cloud, cheapest route
Best for Low cost
Input / output, 1M $0.032 / $0.13 $0.11 / $0.53
Cached input $0.01/1M to $0.131875/1M $0.01055/1M
Context window 1.05M 1,048,576 tokens 1.05M 1,050,000 tokens
AI IQ IQ 128 #19 on AI IQ Unrated
Provider routes 19 with failover 1
Privacy Confidential E2EE and zero retention route Varies by provider
Publisher DeepSeek OpenAI
Modes chat chat
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Price adds one million input and one million output tokens on the cheapest route. Prices and speed change: see the monthly reports and run a small eval before you choose a default.

Test both with your agent

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Compare DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and GPT 6 Sol in this project through TrustedRouter.

1. Read https://trustedrouter.com/docs/llms.txt
2. Point the OpenAI-compatible client at
   https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1 and read the key from
   TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY.
3. Run our eval prompts on deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017, then on openai/gpt-6-sol-codex.
4. Show me cost, latency and quality side by side before changing the default.
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
for model in ("deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017", "openai/gpt-6-sol-codex"):
    response = client.chat.completions.create(
        model=model,
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?"}],
    )
    print(model, response.choices[0].message.content)
for model in deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 openai/gpt-6-sol-codex; do
  curl https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1/chat/completions \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "{\"model\": \"$model\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"What is the capital of France?\"}]}"
done
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Questions

Which should I use, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GPT 6 Sol?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the lower published input-plus-output rate and more Credits provider routes. GPT 6 Sol has the larger context window. There is not enough recent probe data to compare speed.

Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GPT 6 Sol cheaper?

The current cheapest TrustedRouter route is $0.15825/1M for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and $0.633/1M for GPT 6 Sol. The comparison uses current catalog prices and updates as provider pricing changes.

Can I test DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and GPT 6 Sol with the same API?

Yes. Use the same OpenAI-compatible TrustedRouter base URL and API key, then change only the model id between deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 and openai/gpt-6-sol-codex. This makes side-by-side evals possible without maintaining two provider integrations.

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