Which model is better: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Grok 3?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) is 92.7% cheaper for input tokens ($0.22 vs. $3.00 per 1M tokens) and $0.65 vs. $15.00 for output tokens (13.6x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) delivers lower response latency at 310ms TTFT (310ms faster than Grok 3) with 165 vs. 88 tok/s throughput. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) leads coding evaluations at 77.4% SWE-bench Verified vs. 65.8% for Grok 3 and 91.3% vs. 84.6% on GPQA Diamond.
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Choose Grok 3 (xAI) for massive compute foundation model specialized in PhD-level science reasoning, real-time data analysis, and enterprise logic — offering a 134k context window, 620ms TTFT, and $3.00/1M input pricing ($0.750/1M cached reads).
Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Grok 3?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) is cheaper at $0.22/1M input tokens ($0.65/1M output) compared to $3.00/1M input ($15.00/1M output) for Grok 3.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Grok 3?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) delivers faster first-token latency at 310ms TTFT (165 tok/s throughput) compared to 620ms TTFT (88 tok/s) for Grok 3.
How do DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) and Grok 3 compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) scores 77.4% versus 65.8% for Grok 3. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) scores 91.3% versus 84.6% for Grok 3 (and 96.4% vs 89.8% 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 Grok 3?
Choose Grok 3 (xAI) for massive compute foundation model specialized in PhD-level science reasoning, real-time data analysis, and enterprise logic — offering a 134k context window, 620ms TTFT, and $3.00/1M input pricing ($0.750/1M cached reads).
