💰 Unit Cost Winner Gemini 2.0 Flash $0.10/1M in · $0.40/1M out
⚡ Latency & Speed Winner Gemini 2.0 Flash 280ms TTFT · 185 tok/s
💻 Coding (SWE) Winner DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) 77.4% SWE-bench · 94.5% HumanEval
🧠 STEM Reasoning Winner DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) 91.3% GPQA · 96.4% MATH-500

Which model is better: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Gemini 2.0 Flash?

Gemini 2.0 Flash is 54.5% cheaper for input tokens ($0.10 vs. $0.22 per 1M tokens) and $0.40 vs. $0.65 for output tokens (2.2x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Gemini 2.0 Flash delivers lower response latency at 280ms TTFT (30ms faster than DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp)) with 185 vs. 165 tok/s throughput. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) leads coding evaluations at 77.4% SWE-bench Verified vs. 51.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash and 91.3% vs. 63.6% on GPQA Diamond.
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Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)

Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.

Metric / Dimension DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) Gemini 2.0 Flash Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens $0.22 $0.10 Gemini 2.0 Flash is 2.2x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens $0.65 $0.40 Gemini 2.0 Flash (38.5% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M $0.007 $0.025 DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) is 3.6x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M $0.22 $0.10 Gemini 2.0 Flash is 2.2x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output) 1,049k (128k out) 1,073k (8k out) Gemini 2.0 Flash (1.0x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency 310ms 280ms Gemini 2.0 Flash (30ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput) 165 tok/s 185 tok/s Gemini 2.0 Flash (+20 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding) 77.4% 51.8% DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) (+25.6% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM) 91.3% 63.6% DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) (+27.7% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline) 87.3% 78.2% DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) (+9.1% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic) 96.4% 91.1% DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) (+5.3% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR) 81.6 / 100 77.7 / 100 DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) (+3.9 pts)

Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster

Model production workloads across prompt, completion, and cached context tokens, or switch models on the fly.

25.0M Tokens
500K 50M 250M 500M+
5.0M Tokens
100K 25M 75M 150M+
50% Cached
0% (Uncached) 25% 50% (Typical Agent) 95% Max

Estimated Monthly Spend

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) $6.09

$0.22/1M in · $0.65/1M out

Prompt Cache: $0.007/1M read · $0.22/1M write

Gemini 2.0 Flash $3.56

$0.10/1M in · $0.40/1M out

Prompt Cache: $0.025/1M read · $0.10/1M write

Projected Monthly Cost Reduction
$2.52 / mo
(41.5% lower cost with Gemini 2.0 Flash)
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When to Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp)

Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) (DeepSeek) for ultra-low-cost open-weight multimodal MoE built for high-throughput visual document OCR, chart interpretation, and real-time autonomous coding agents — offering a 1,048k context window, 310ms TTFT, and $0.22/1M input pricing ($0.007/1M cached reads).

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When to Choose Gemini 2.0 Flash

Choose Gemini 2.0 Flash (Google DeepMind) for legacy high-throughput multimodal pipelines migrating to Gemini 3.8 Flash — offering a 1,073k context window, 280ms TTFT, and $0.10/1M input pricing ($0.025/1M cached reads).

Related Questions & Decision Factors

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Gemini 2.0 Flash?

Gemini 2.0 Flash is cheaper at $0.10/1M input tokens ($0.40/1M output) compared to $0.22/1M input ($0.65/1M output) for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp).

Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Gemini 2.0 Flash?

Gemini 2.0 Flash delivers faster first-token latency at 280ms TTFT (185 tok/s throughput) compared to 310ms TTFT (165 tok/s) for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp).

How do DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) and Gemini 2.0 Flash compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?

On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) scores 77.4% versus 51.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) scores 91.3% versus 63.6% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (and 96.4% vs 91.1% on MATH-500).

When should you choose DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp)?

Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) (DeepSeek) for ultra-low-cost open-weight multimodal MoE built for high-throughput visual document OCR, chart interpretation, and real-time autonomous coding agents — offering a 1,048k context window, 310ms TTFT, and $0.22/1M input pricing ($0.007/1M cached reads).

When should you choose Gemini 2.0 Flash?

Choose Gemini 2.0 Flash (Google DeepMind) for legacy high-throughput multimodal pipelines migrating to Gemini 3.8 Flash — offering a 1,073k context window, 280ms TTFT, and $0.10/1M input pricing ($0.025/1M cached reads).

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