# Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 vs DeepSeek V4

On provider list prices, Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 costs $0.60 per million input tokens against $1.74 for DeepSeek V4: 2.9x apart. Output is $1.70 against $3.48 (2.0x). On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.

## Specifications

| | Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 | DeepSeek V4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | DeepSeek | Deepseek |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 128K tokens | 512K tokens |
| List price, input | $0.60 / M tokens | $1.74 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $1.70 / M tokens | $3.48 / M tokens |
| Cached input | n/a | $0.20 / M tokens |
| License | MIT | Proprietary API |
| Fine-tunable | Yes | No |

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. 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 $1,315 a month on Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 and $3,306 on DeepSeek V4 at list: a gap of $1,991, or 2.5x.

DeepSeek V4 reads 512K tokens per request against 128K for Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4, 3.9x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.

## Choose Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 for

- The lower list price ($0.60 in / $1.70 out per M tokens)
- Open weights you can fine-tune and own
- Fine-tuning under a permissive license (MIT)

## Choose DeepSeek V4 for

- Reasoning-heavy agents
- Long-document analysis
- Cost-sensitive production routes

## Common questions

### Which is cheaper, Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 or DeepSeek V4?

Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.60/$1.70 per million tokens in and out against $1.74/$3.48 for DeepSeek V4. Billed on Allocate: $0.64/$1.82 against $1.86/$3.72, list plus 7%.

### Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4: 512,000 tokens (512K) against 131,072 (128K) for Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4.

### Can I fine-tune Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 or DeepSeek V4?

Deepseek V3.1 NVFP4 publishes open weights (MIT) and can be fine-tuned on your own data. DeepSeek V4 is a closed model served over API; its weights are not available.

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