# DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs GPT-4O

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-4O in 2 of 2 shared categories: Science and Abstraction (ARC).

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: $0.23463 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-4O: $4.375000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: open weights.

GPT-4O: closed weights.

- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-4O in Science at #36 against #131.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads GPT-4O in Abstraction (ARC) at #8 against #87.

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-4O is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Aug 28, 2024; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).