GPT-6.1 Solvs.DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Which one is better?
GPT-6.1 Sol is clearly ahead in the overall index, but costs 13.3 times (input) and 16.7 times (output) as much per token.
90
GPT-6.1 Sol
Rank 6 to 9
64
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Rank 14 to 22
79
GPT-6.1 Sol
fairly slow
178
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
fast
$4
GPT-6.1 Sol
fairly expensive
$0.26
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
cheap
GPT-6.1 Sol
- Subscription
At OpenAI from €23 a month (ChatGPT Plus). Through other providers from ≈ €6.36 a month (ElevenLabs Starter, with limited credits). 58 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$2 input, $10 output per 1M tokens.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
- Subscription
No DeepSeek subscription includes this model. Through other providers from ≈ €6.36 a month (Token Plan Individual Lite, with limited credits). 7 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$0.15 input, $0.60 output per 1M tokens according to the provider; the price index has listed it at $0.30 and $1 since Oct 26, 2026.
Overall index with data through Oct 29, 2026 · Prices from Oct 29, 2026 · Speed: measured by Artificial Analysis · Subscriptions as of Oct 24, 2026 · Subscription prices incl. VAT
Where is the difference?
Values from 0 to 100 per task area. We only name a winner when the gap is large enough and there are enough tests.
GPT-6.1 Sol ahead: 4DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ahead: 0level: 3too little data: 3of 10 areas
AreaGPT-6.1 SolDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 10170 to 100, higher is betterResult
Areas in the overall index
CodingGPT-6.1 Sol aheadGPT-6.1 Sol: 91DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 72
ReasoningGPT-6.1 Sol aheadGPT-6.1 Sol: 95DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 45
Mathematicsonly GPT-6.1 Sol has a scoreGPT-6.1 Sol: 95DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: not enough data
KnowledgeGPT-6.1 Sol aheadGPT-6.1 Sol: 95DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 33
AgentslevelGPT-6.1 Sol: 77DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 75
Generalonly GPT-6.1 Sol has a scoreGPT-6.1 Sol: 94DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: not enough data
MultimodalGPT-6.1 Sol aheadGPT-6.1 Sol: 88DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 55
Specialist fields
FinancelevelGPT-6.1 Sol: 65DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 69
LegallevelGPT-6.1 Sol: 68DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 76
Healthonly GPT-6.1 Sol has a scoreGPT-6.1 Sol: 75DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: not enough data
Show 4 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
AreaGPT-6.1 SolDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 10170 to 100, higher is betterResult
Cybersecurityonly GPT-6.1 Sol has a scoreGPT-6.1 Sol: 47DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: not enough data
Searchonly GPT-6.1 Sol has a scoreGPT-6.1 Sol: 92DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: not enough data
Productivityonly GPT-6.1 Sol has a scoreGPT-6.1 Sol: 51DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: not enough data
Educationonly GPT-6.1 Sol has a scoreGPT-6.1 Sol: 92DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: not enough data
See for yourself: same task, one attempt
The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.
Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.
GPT-6.1 Sol
Reasoning (requested): high
Current attempt
- Run date
- Oct 1, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- openai/gpt-6.1-sol
- API model reported in response
- openai/gpt-6.1-sol
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Pinned endpoint
- OpenAI | openai/gpt-6.1-sol-20260929
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Passed, not a quality rating
- Response time
- 83.6 s
Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Not tested yet
Prompt and test conditions
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Task origin (Simon Willison)SVG short test
There is no shared test round for this selection. Results from different rounds are not mixed.
All data side by side
The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Sol | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | ||
| Overall index0 to 100, higher is better | 90 | 64 |
| Rank | Rank 6 to 9 of 95 | Rank 14 to 22 of 95 |
| Price per 1M tokens | ||
| Inputwhat you send | $2above 272,000 tokens: $4 | $0.15 |
| Outputwhat the model writes | $10above 272,000 tokens: $15 | $0.60 |
| Speed | ||
| Tokens per second | 79 | 178 |
| Technical | ||
| Context windowhow much text the model reads at once | 1.05 M tokens≈ 1,580 A4 pages | 1.05 M tokens≈ 1,570 A4 pages |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 30, 2026 | n/a |
| Released | Sep 29, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
| Availability | Active | Open Source |
| Open weights | no | yes |
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: At peak times (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 01:00-04:00 UTC; Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 06:00-10:00 UTC) the price is $0.30 input and $1.20 output per 1M tokens. The table shows the off-peak price.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, Time-based API pricing: Off peak: $0.15 input, $0.60 output, and $0.003 cached input. Weekdays UTC 01:00-04:00 and 06:00-10:00: $0.30, $1.20, and $0.006. Chinese public holidays are excluded. Source
Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis
Shared benchmarks
Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.
A: GPT-6.1 SolB: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
AA-BriefcaseOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 1,555.1 eloDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 1,570.42 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-OmniscienceOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 42.033 pointsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 0.9 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience AccuracyOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 61.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 39.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateOverall · lower is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 51.9%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 64.1%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 54.509 pointsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 32.49 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AutomationBench-AAOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 64.9%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 66.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Code MigrationOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 65.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 44.2%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
Code Migration v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 77.3%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 67.5%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 31.7%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 24.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2 (Hard Subset)Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 68.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 24.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
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EMBOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 70.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 61.8%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMB v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 71.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 69.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 52%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 57%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 61.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 62.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
FrontierCodeOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 40.6%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 28.5%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
FrontierCode 1.1 MainOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 49.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 43.7%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDP.pdfOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 31.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 17.2%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 1,607.61 eloDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 1,745.77 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Overall · Task fully resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 6.3%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 14.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLE-DiamondOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 58.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 25.3%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 38.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 45.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 1,752DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 1,666LMArenaAs of 10/27/2026
MMMU-ProOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 86.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 80.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 21.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 44.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-BenchOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 56.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 33.8%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 55.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 31.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench-ScienceOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 58.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 12.9%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Vals Finance IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 55.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 60.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 63.9%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 61.3%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals Legal IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 68.7%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 71.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Router IndexOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 63.9%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 61.3%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 88.9%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 87.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Code MigrationCLI · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 63.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 35.6%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
Code Migration v1.1CLI · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 74.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 59.2%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMBComps · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 61.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 49.8%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMB v1.1Comps · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 61.2%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 70.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Adjustments · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 44.7%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 58.4%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Adjustments · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 54.7%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 66.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Antitrust Competition · Criteria passed · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 90.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 93.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 53%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 59.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevHTML development · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 1,799DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 1,705LMArenaAs of 10/27/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 6.7%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 23.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Hardware · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 40%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 6.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Finance IndexEMB v1.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 71.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 69.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals IndexCode Migration v1.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 75.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 68.5%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals Legal IndexBusiness & Commercial · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 65.6%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 68%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Router IndexCode Migration · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 75.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 68.5%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Code MigrationCOBOL · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 70%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 70%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
Code Migration v1.1COBOL · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 85%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 92.5%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMBDataroom · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 84.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 82.8%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMB v1.1Dataroom · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 86.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 86.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent (v2)All-Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 39.9%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 45.2%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent v2.1All-Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 48.2%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 51.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Antitrust Competition · Task fully resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 10%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 30%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 85.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 91.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevReact development · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 1,753DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 1,672LMArenaAs of 10/27/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 64.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 73.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Media · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 50%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 25%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Finance IndexFinance Agent v2.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 61.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 62.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals IndexEMB v1.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 71.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 69.2%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals Legal IndexCivil Negligence · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 60.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 64.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Router IndexCoding · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Sol: 73%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 62.7%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Code MigrationCode Quality · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 4.496 / 5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 3.992 / 5Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
Code Migration v1.1Code Quality · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Sol: 3.4%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 3.5%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
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