# DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

On provider list prices, Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.50 per million input tokens against $3 for DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4: 2.0x apart. Output is $7.50 against $7. On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## Specifications

| | DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | Deepseek | Google |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 160K tokens | 1M tokens |
| List price, input | $3 / M tokens | $1.50 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $7 / M tokens | $7.50 / M tokens |
| Cached input | n/a | n/a |
| License | MIT | Proprietary API |
| Fine-tunable | Yes | No |

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-21. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $4,425 a month on Gemini 3.6 Flash and $6,050 on DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 at list: a gap of $1,625, or 1.4x.

Gemini 3.6 Flash reads 1M tokens per request against 160K for DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4, 6.1x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

## Choose DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 for

- Open weights you can fine-tune and own
- Fine-tuning under a permissive license (MIT)

## Choose Gemini 3.6 Flash for

- The lower list price ($1.50 in / $7.50 out per M tokens)
- The longer context window (1M vs 160K tokens)

## Common questions

### Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 or Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $1.50/$7.50 per million tokens in and out against $3/$7 for DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4. Billed on Allocate: $1.60/$8.03 against $3.21/$7.49, list plus 7%.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 1,000,000 tokens (1M) against 163,840 (160K) for DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4.

### Can I fine-tune DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 or Gemini 3.6 Flash?

DeepSeek R1 0528 NVFP4 publishes open weights (MIT) and can be fine-tuned on your own data. Gemini 3.6 Flash is a closed model served over API; its weights are not available.

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