DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) vs GPT-6 Astra (High)

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek or GPT-6 Astra (High) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.

Trade-off

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 24.70
Total cost: $239

OpenAIGPT-6 Astra (High)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 50.90
Total cost: $2925

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6 Astra (High) scores 26.2 points higher (50.9 vs 24.7) but costs 12× as much to run the benchmark ($2925 vs $239; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-6 Astra (High) when you need intelligence above 24.7, and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) when 24.7 is enough.

Metric	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning)	GPT-6 Astra (High)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	24.7	50.9	+106.1% GPT-6 Astra (High) is 2.1× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$238.91	$2,925.01	+1124.3% GPT-6 Astra (High) is 12× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	2.90s	60.20s	+1975.9% GPT-6 Astra (High) is 1975.9% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.30 / $1.20	$10.0 / $50.0
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image

GPT-6 Astra (High) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning): 106.1% more intelligence, 1124.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1975.9% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
GPT-6 Astra (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.

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