DeepSeek V3.2 vs Gemini 3 Flash: The Budget King

deepseek-v3-2 vs gemini-3-flash
Complete Comparison: 1,000,000 input tokens × 100,000 output tokens
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⚡ 95% Cached

Complete comparison of pricing, performance, and capabilities for 2 leading AI models with 95% Cached.

⚡ Caching Optimized (up to 90% savings) 📊 Batch API
Comparison Criteria deepseek-v3-2
DeepSeek
gemini-3-flash
Google
Calculation Results (Current Inputs) (95% cached)
Input Tokens 1,000,000 1,000,000
Output Tokens 100,000 100,000
Cost Breakdown
Input Cost $0.137200 (rounded ~ 0.14)Best $0.500000Worst
Output Cost $0.020580Best $0.300000Worst
Unit Cost (Audio/OCR) $0.000000 $0.000000
Service Fees $0.000000 $0.000000
Total Cost $0.040474 Best Value $0.372500 (rounded ~ 0.37) Most Expensive
Processing Time 29 minutes, 20.00 seconds Slowest 23 minutes, 50.00 seconds Fastest
Tokens per Second 650Slowest 800Fastest
Time to First Token 110ms Worst 100ms Best
Cost per 1K tokens $0.000037Best $0.000339Worst
Tokens per Dollar 27,177,941Best Value 2,953,020Worst Value
Cost per 1 Million Tokens (Informational)
Input Cost / 1M (Base) $0.137200 (rounded ~ 0.14)Best $0.500000Worst
Output Cost / 1M (Base) $0.205800 (rounded ~ 0.21)Best $3.000000Worst
Input Cost / 1M (Optimized) $0.096040 (rounded ~ 0.10)Best
Optimizations: 30.0% batch
$0.250000Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Output Cost / 1M (Optimized) $0.144060 (rounded ~ 0.14)Best
Optimizations: 30.0% batch
$1.500000Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Capabilities & Advanced Features
Images Support ✗ Not Supported ✓ Supported
Video Support ✗ Not Supported ✓ Supported
Audio Support ✗ Not Supported ✓ Supported
Caching Support
95
✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Batch API Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Tool Usage Support ✗ Not Supported ✓ Supported
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ℹ️ Bulk Calculation: Total volume exceeds single-request limit of 128,000 tokens. Budgeting mode active.

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DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeekMax Context: 128,000 tokens
$0.28 / $0.42 per 1M tokens
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Use Batch API (50% discount)
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Provider-specific multipliers applied after all calculations
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Number of requests (max 1M). Summary view auto-enabled >10k.

Calculate Token Costs

$0.040474 Total Cost
$0.006860 Input Cost
$0.020580 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
1,100,000Total Tokens
$0.000037Cost per 1K
27,177,941Tokens per $
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

29m 20s Processing Time
650 Tokens/Second
110ms Time to First Token
625 Effective Speed

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🔄 Advanced Options

⚡ Optimization
Flat fee per session (e.g., $0.03 for Code Interpreter)
Hourly storage fee for cached data
First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after
🧠 Reasoning & Thinking
Apply 1.5x multiplier to output tokens (GPT-5.4, Claude 4.6)
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)
🔧 Special Modes
Enable 4x Tunnel Multiplier (applied after markup)
Enable 6.0x Fast Mode multiplier
📚 Research & Citations
Enable $1.00/$4.00 rates + $10.00/1k search
Enable research tier pricing
Fee per source cited
🎤 Realtime Audio & Video
Session length for billing
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deepseek-v3-2 DeepSeek

$0.040474
Total Cost
⚠️ Bulk Calculation: Total volume exceeds single-request limit of 128,000 tokens. Budgeting mode active.
⚡ 95% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
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Vision/Images
✗ Not Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✗ Not Available requested
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.157780 (rounded ~ 0.16) Input: $0.137200 (rounded ~ 0.14)
Output: $0.020580
Optimized Cost $0.040474 Input: $0.137200 (rounded ~ 0.14)
Output: $0.020580
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.117306 (rounded ~ 0.12) 74.3% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
30.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 1,000,000 input tokens and 100,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.137200 (rounded ~ 0.14)
  • Output Cost: $0.020580
  • Total Cost: $0.040474
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000037
  • Tokens per dollar: 27,177,941 tokens
  • Context Window: 128000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 650 tokens per second and 110ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 29 minutes, 20.00 seconds
  • Latency: 110 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 650 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 625 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

SaaS ScalingContent AutomationHigh-Volume API

gemini-3-flash Google 1000000

$0.372500 (rounded ~ 0.37)
Total Cost
⚠️ Bulk Calculation: Total volume exceeds single-request limit of 1,000,000 tokens. Budgeting mode active.
⚡ 95% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✓ Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✓ Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.800000 Input: $0.500000
Output: $0.300000
Optimized Cost $0.372500 (rounded ~ 0.37) Input: $0.500000
Output: $0.300000
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.427500 (rounded ~ 0.43) 53.4% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount
📊 Dynamic Tier
Premium
tier2 pricing based on 0 tokens

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 1,000,000 input tokens and 100,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.500000
  • Output Cost: $0.300000
  • Total Cost: $0.372500 (rounded ~ 0.37)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000339
  • Tokens per dollar: 2,953,020 tokens
  • Context Window: 1000000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 800 tokens per second and 100ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 23 minutes, 50.00 seconds
  • Latency: 100 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 800 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 769 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

SaaS ScalingContent AutomationHigh-Volume API

✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

← Back to deepseek-v3-2
📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 1,000,000
Output Tokens: 100,000
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Cached Tokens: 95%
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs deepseek-v3-2 vs gemini-3-flash
🏆 Grok 5
xAI
 $0.483750 (rounded ~ 0.48) Best Value ↑ 1095.2% more ↑ 29.9% more
🥈 Grok 5
xAI
 $0.483750 (rounded ~ 0.48) ↑ 1095.2% more ↑ 29.9% more
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Grok 5
xAI

$0.483750 (rounded ~ 0.48)
vs deepseek-v3-2: ↑ 1095.2%
vs gemini-3-flash: ↑ 29.9%
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Grok 5
xAI

$0.483750 (rounded ~ 0.48)
vs deepseek-v3-2: ↑ 1095.2%
vs gemini-3-flash: ↑ 29.9%
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Sub-Dollar Token Economics

DeepSeek has disrupted the market with ultra-low pricing. We compare their ‘Sparse Attention’ efficiency against Google’s Tiered pricing for Gemini 3 Flash. Ideal for startups looking to scale to millions of users on a shoestring budget.

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate are these AI model cost calculations?
Our calculations are based on official pricing from each provider (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, xAI, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Mistral) and are updated regularly. We account for all factors including multimodal inputs, caching discounts, batch API pricing, tool usage multipliers, OCR processing, audio minutes, silence fees, and research mode pricing. Note: Reseller markups and dedicated instance multipliers have been removed to reflect official provider pricing.
How does prompt caching work?
Caching discounts vary by provider: Google and OpenAI offer 90% discounts on cached input tokens. Anthropic uses write (1.25x) and read (0.10x) multipliers. Savings are applied to the token portion only, not unit-based fees.
How do Market Recommendations work (v8.6.0)?
Our recommendation engine scans the entire model registry and only includes models that support ALL your current input parameters (tokens, images, video, audio, OCR, tools, batch API, etc.). It calculates exact costs with your settings and sorts by price, showing you the best value options that can handle your complete workflow. Special pricing models (OCR, video, audio, image generation) are properly handled and only appear when their specific input types are requested. v8.6.0 removes reseller markups (20% buffer) and dedicated instance multipliers to reflect official provider pricing.
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