Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 or Nova Micro?
As of August 20, 2026, Nova Micro is 43% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Nova Micro costs $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens ($0.17 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 costs $0.10 / $0.20 per million tokens ($0.30 blended). Sources: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing and https://anotherwrapper.com/tools/llm-pricing. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 vs Nova Micro cost per million tokens?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 DeepSeek API pricing is $0.10 input and $0.20 output per million tokens via DeepSeek. Nova Micro Amazon API pricing is $0.03 input and $0.14 output per million tokens via Amazon. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 or Nova Micro?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 has a published SWE-bench Verified score of 78.6%. Nova Micro does not have that eval on this page yet.
What is the context window for DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 vs Nova Micro?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 supports a 1M token context window, while Nova Micro supports 128K tokens. DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 or Nova Micro?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks versus Nova Micro's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 or Nova Micro better for production use?
Both DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 and Nova Micro are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Nova Micro has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 and Nova Micro in my app?
Yes. Call DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 through DeepSeek and Nova Micro through Amazon with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 vs Nova Micro pricing data?
List rates are the latest published DeepSeek API pricing and Amazon API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing and https://anotherwrapper.com/tools/llm-pricing. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 and Nova Micro?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 supports up to 66K output tokens per request, while Nova Micro supports up to 128K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 or Nova Micro?
Nova Micro has a measured throughput of approximately 100 tokens/second. Throughput data for DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 is not yet available. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 vs Nova Micro comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423 or Nova Micro from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
