Cost per task: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.42 vs Kimi K3.1 Pro $2.81

Artificial Analysis @ArtificialAnlysOriginally posted 2026.10.24

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Kimi K3.1 Pro costs $2.81 per task, versus $1.77 for GPT-6 Sol (Daybreak Blue, max) and $0.42 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017. It uses ~2x more input tokens across the Cyber Index compared to Kimi K3, resulting in an overall 15% increase in Cost per Task despite 33% lower token prices.