The honest, $0-markup cost to run DeepSeek V3.2 (deepseek-ai, 685.4B) and DeepSeek V4 Flash (deepseek-ai, 158.1B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.
| DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 685.4B | 158.1B |
| Context window | 163.8K | ✓ 1M |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial OK |
| VRAM to run | ~490 GB (Q4_K_M) | ✓ ~107 GB (Q4_K_M) |
| Rent a GPU | $9.73/hr | ✓ $0.65/hr |
| Your API key | $0.29/1M | ✓ $0.14/1M |
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