$ diff deepseek-v4-1-flash granite-4-2
DeepSeek V4.1-Flash vs Granite 4.2
Values come from DeepSeek V4.1-Flash and Granite 4.2, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
DeepSeekDeepSeek V4.1-Flash
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- $0.15
- $/M out
- $0.6
- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4.1-Flash takes 1M against 512K — modestly more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — DeepSeek V4.1-Flash under MIT (open-weight), Granite 4.2 under Apache 2.0. Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- DeepSeek V4.1-Flash shipped 16 days after Granite 4.2 (2026-09-10 vs 2026-08-25).
Full spec
| Attribute | DeepSeek V4.1-Flash | Granite 4.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Released | 2026-09-10 | 2026-08-25 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) |
| Pricing | $0.15/M input (cache miss) · $0.003/M input (cache hit) · $0.60/M output, off-peak; peak rates double — see Pricing | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published |
| License | MIT (open-weight) | Apache 2.0 |
| Availability | DeepSeek API, Hugging Face (`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash`) | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub |