DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 on coding, 82.4 to 70.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs 16.7x less per output token ($0.60 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 38 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GPT-6.1 Sol: which to pick
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol for coding: it scores 82.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 70.3 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017.
Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 for output tokens 16.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by SciCode or Finance Agent (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 38
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 only
- 1
- GPT-6.1 Sol only
- 60
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol scores 82.4 against 70.3.
4 and 5 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol leads, 51.8 against 39.5.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol leads, 1321 against 1311.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol leads, 63.9% against 61.3%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 $0.0004, GPT-6.1 Sol $0.0070 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 70.3 from 4 benchmarks, GPT-6.1 Sol 82.4 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Knowledge, 31.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierMath, tier 4: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 46.3% against GPT-6.1 Sol 100.0%, 53.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 $0.60 against GPT-6.1 Sol $10.00 per million output tokens, 16.7x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 takes 1.05M tokens, GPT-6.1 Sol 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Bars | GPT-6.1 Sol | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 7 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 4 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 2 | 5 | ||
| General | 0 | 3 | ||
| All shared boards | 7 | 30 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index17
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 96.0% | 96.0% | Tie |
| LMArena WebDev | 1664 | 1753 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 31.8% | 55.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 87.7% | 88.9% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 44.2% | 65.1% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 96.9% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.5% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SciCode | 55.9% | 55.8% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 50.2% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1622.0 | 2743.8 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1478 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1476 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1667 | 1754 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1687 | 1800 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1702 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 9.2% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 39.5 | 51.8 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 168.4 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index45
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1306 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1213 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1245 | 1259 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LiveBench research | 79.5% | 83.5% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LiveBench browser | 76.0% | 88.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LiveBench long agentic | 50.9% | 73.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.8% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 57.0% | 52.0% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 44.4% | 21.8% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 45.2% | 38.5% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 14.2% | 6.3% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 61.8% | 70.8% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.6% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.9% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 59.6% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 60.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SpireClimb | Not measured | 24.7% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 89.1% | 92.6% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.4% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 43.3% | 52.9% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 93.2% | 95.4% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 98.5% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 94.2% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Chess puzzles | 46.0% | 68.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Mystery game puzzles | 49.0% | 80.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 54.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1463 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1489 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1465 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1306 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1356 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.4% | 100.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 71.2% | 93.7% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 46.3% | 100.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 99.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1489 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1513 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 48.8% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 42.5% | 73.9% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1444 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1433 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1471 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1445 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | Not measured | 75.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index25
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1311 | 1321 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1303 | 1317 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1357 | 1389 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1330 | 1281 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1358 | 1460 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1332 | 1345 | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1242 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 measured |
| LiveBench design | 83.4% | 82.1% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 61.3% | 63.9% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| LiveBench data analysis | 79.5% | 82.7% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.3% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.5% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.5% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 82.7% | 84.0% | GPT-6.1 Sol |
| DTBench | Not measured | 96.5% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 62.8% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 80.0% | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1443 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1466 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1425 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1288 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1450 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1433 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1487 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1460 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1439 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1457 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1442 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1458 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1444 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1426 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1274 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1289 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1301 | Only GPT-6.1 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | GPT-6.1 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | October 17, 2026 | September 29, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | 70.3 | 82.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 better than GPT-6.1 Sol for coding?
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol for coding: it scores 82.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 70.3 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017. Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 for output tokens 16.7x cheaper ($0.60 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by SciCode or Finance Agent (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GPT-6.1 Sol?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Sol costs $2.00 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6.1 Sol, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs GPT-6.1 Sol comparison based on?
38 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and GPT-6.1 Sol's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.