DeepSeek V4-Flash raises pressure on inference pricing

DeepSeek priced V4-Flash at US$0.14 per million input tokens and US$0.28 per million output tokens. a report cited Artificial Analysis for an average benchmark-run cost around US$0.03 and an Intelligence Index score of 50. Third-party benchmark economics do not guarantee accuracy, latency, safety or total production cost.

Impact: model gateways should route by completed-workflow value and risk, not headline token price.