DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) for your use-case.
Fastest
SiliconFlow
GMI
DeepSeek
DeepInfraOutput speed
Total 5 providers
Lowest Latency
SiliconFlowDeepSeekGMIDeepInfraTime to first answer token
Total 5 providers
Lowest Price
DeepInfra
FireworksDeepSeekGMISiliconFlowBlended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 5 providers
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (max) is available through 5 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For output speed, the top providers are SiliconFlow (213.8 t/s), GMI (210.2 t/s), and DeepSeek (205.8 t/s). Speed varies significantly across providers, with a 70% difference between the fastest and slowest.
- For latency, SiliconFlow (10.63s), DeepSeek (10.65s), and GMI (11.76s) offer the lowest time to first answer token.
- For pricing, DeepInfra (0.11), Fireworks (0.11), and DeepSeek (0.23) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens. Prices vary up to 2.1x across providers.
- SiliconFlow offers the best performance with both the highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, DeepInfra provides the most competitive pricing.
Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.
Pricing
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Pricing: Blended Price
Pricing: Cache Discount
Output Speed vs. Price
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max)
Latency vs. Output Speed
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) providers
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) is available through 5 API providers: DeepInfra, DeepSeek, Fireworks, GMI, and SiliconFlow. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) is currently available through 5 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The fastest providers for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) by output speed are SiliconFlow (213.8 t/s), GMI (210.2 t/s), and DeepSeek (205.8 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The providers with the lowest time to first answer token for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) are SiliconFlow (10.63s), DeepSeek (10.65s), and GMI (11.76s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
Prices for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) vary up to 2.1x across providers. The most affordable is DeepInfra at $0.11 per 1M tokens, while SiliconFlow charges $0.24 per 1M tokens.
Output speed for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) varies significantly across providers. SiliconFlow is the fastest at 213.8 t/s, which is 1.7x faster than DeepInfra at 125.7 t/s.
All 5 providers of DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) support JSON mode for structured output.
All 5 providers of DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max) support function calling (tool use).
For DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max), SiliconFlow offers the best performance with highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, DeepInfra provides the most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max), consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview