compare/DeepSeek V4 ProvsGemini 3.6 Flash

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

RUN BOTH LIVE

Paste a prompt. Watch them race.

Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.

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 DeepSeek V4 Pro
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
Gemini 3.6 Flash
google/gemini-3.6-flash
ProviderDeepseekGoogle
FamilyDeepSeekGemini 3
Modalitytexttext
Context window131,072 tok1,048,576 tok
Max output32,768 tok65,536 tok
Released2026-08-032026-07-21
Input price$2.40 /1M$1.50 /1M
Output price$4.80 /1M$7.50 /1M
Cache read
Toolsyesyes
Streamingyesyes
Visionyes
JSON modeyesyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt caching
DeepSeek V4 Pro
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
Full spec →

DeepSeek V4 Pro is a high-capability reasoning model from DeepSeek, served via Fireworks infrastructure for production-grade inference.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Gemini 3.6 Flash
google/gemini-3.6-flash
Full spec →

Gemini 3.6 Flash provides sustained frontier-level intelligence optimized for real-world tasks at a higher speed and lower cost, excelling at code generation, agentic execution, and spatial reasoning.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try DeepSeek V4 Pro
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Gemini 3.6 Flash — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/gemini-3.6-flash",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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