Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Mistral Nemo?

Mistral Nemo has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 from $0.10 and Mistral Nemo from $0.03.

Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Mistral Nemo?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the largest context window: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 1,048,576 tokens and Mistral Nemo 131,072 tokens.

Which is smarter, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Mistral Nemo?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 32.5 and Mistral Nemo 5.2.

Can I switch between DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Mistral Nemo without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017, mistralai/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407).

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Mistral Nemo

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 DeepSeekdeepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017

Mistral Nemo MistralAImistralai/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407

Creator

DeepSeek

MistralAI

Released

Oct 17, 2026

Jul 19, 2024

Context window

1.05M

131K

Max output

944K

16K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.10$0.10–$0.30 across 4

$0.03

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$0.29$0.29–$1.20 across 4

$0.03

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

32.5

5.2

LatencyMedian time to first token

—

3.3s

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

—

<1 t/s

Accepts

Text, Image

Text

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Mistral Nemo: summary

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and Mistral Nemo are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, from DeepSeek, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $0.10/1M input and $0.29/1M output tokens across 4 providers and scores 32.5 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Mistral Nemo, from MistralAI, has a 131,072-token context window, costs $0.03/1M input and $0.03/1M output tokens and scores 5.2 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Mistral Nemo is the cheapest on input, 3.3× cheaper than the next model, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the largest context window and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="mistralai/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407", messages=[...])

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