{
  "scope": "Solver inference only. The sweep ran on a DeepSeek API key, so this is metered API spend: list_usd prices every run at DeepSeek's off-peak list rate (the board's $/task), billed_usd is what each call was metered at the time it was made. Judging is excluded.",
  "pricing_verified": "2026-10-19",
  "sources": {
    "deepseek": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/"
  },
  "alias": {
    "deepseek-flash": "DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017",
    "rechecked_before_each_level": true
  },
  "rates_per_million_off_peak": {
    "deepseek-flash": {
      "input": 0.15,
      "cached_input": 0.003,
      "output": 0.6
    }
  },
  "peak": "2x, 01:00 to 04:00 and 06:00 to 10:00 UTC, Monday to Friday",
  "pricing_method": "list_usd: tokens at DeepSeek's off-peak list price for deepseek-flash ($0.15 input cache miss, $0.003 cache hit, $0.60 output per million); billed_usd: the adapter's per-call meter, which applies DeepSeek's 2x weekday peak-hour rate to calls made 01:00 to 04:00 and 06:00 to 10:00 UTC; dsh's session-title call records no usage and is not priced",
  "groups": [
    {
      "model": "dsflash",
      "effort": "low",
      "n": 23,
      "usd": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.05772682608695652,
        "se": 0.006003806080247603
      },
      "usd_total": 1.327717,
      "billed_usd": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.10102952173913043,
        "se": 0.014540350383541806
      },
      "billed_usd_total": 2.3236790000000003,
      "runs_with_peak_calls": 14,
      "peak_calls": 911,
      "raw_tokens": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 4352974.608695652,
        "se": 830621.2890196466
      },
      "raw_tokens_total": 100118416,
      "output_tokens": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 55332.52173913043,
        "se": 3782.57692494949
      },
      "cached_input_share": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.9761395950065044,
        "se": 0.0018599527079997441
      },
      "model_calls": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 53.34782608695652,
        "se": 4.752618872666187
      },
      "minutes": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 8.054684782608696,
        "se": 0.8505335201706097
      }
    },
    {
      "model": "dsflash",
      "effort": "high",
      "n": 23,
      "usd": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.06666321739130435,
        "se": 0.007168393975884979
      },
      "usd_total": 1.5332540000000003,
      "billed_usd": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.06803769565217391,
        "se": 0.007347262265373744
      },
      "billed_usd_total": 1.564867,
      "runs_with_peak_calls": 1,
      "peak_calls": 25,
      "raw_tokens": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 5151884.347826087,
        "se": 995019.4549823944
      },
      "raw_tokens_total": 118493340,
      "output_tokens": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 67121.34782608696,
        "se": 5134.753374393424
      },
      "cached_input_share": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.9812125199626169,
        "se": 0.0012714335159908815
      },
      "model_calls": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 58.869565217391305,
        "se": 4.918829011580134
      },
      "minutes": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 8.659267391304349,
        "se": 0.9069188376664538
      }
    },
    {
      "model": "dsflash",
      "effort": "max",
      "n": 23,
      "usd": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.0740565652173913,
        "se": 0.010036254260053157
      },
      "usd_total": 1.703301,
      "billed_usd": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.07405630434782609,
        "se": 0.010036269324519332
      },
      "billed_usd_total": 1.7032949999999998,
      "runs_with_peak_calls": 0,
      "peak_calls": 0,
      "raw_tokens": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 6249981.304347826,
        "se": 1618266.6804435945
      },
      "raw_tokens_total": 143749570,
      "output_tokens": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 72235.82608695653,
        "se": 6506.743116095975
      },
      "cached_input_share": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 0.9804694508679479,
        "se": 0.0014424401075000873
      },
      "model_calls": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 59.04347826086956,
        "se": 7.506381543523804
      },
      "minutes": {
        "n": 23,
        "mean": 10.596756521739131,
        "se": 1.6935585697779953
      }
    }
  ],
  "totals": {
    "dsflash": {
      "runs": 69,
      "list_usd": 4.564271999999999,
      "billed_usd": 5.591841000000001,
      "raw_tokens": 362361326,
      "model_calls": 3939,
      "peak_calls": 936,
      "unmetered_title_calls": 66,
      "attempts_without_usage": 3,
      "solver_hours": 10.469104999999997
    }
  },
  "limitations": [
    "List-price cost uses DeepSeek's off-peak rate, the rate its price table lists. DeepSeek bills 2x on weekdays from 01:00 to 04:00 and 06:00 to 10:00 UTC; the adapter meters each call at its own time, so billed_usd is higher wherever calls fell in those hours (most of Low and one High run).",
    "dsh titles a session with one small deepseek-flash call (input capped at 4 KiB) and records no usage for it. It appears in 66 of 69 runs, is counted in unmetered_title_calls and is not priced; it understates cost by well under a cent per run.",
    "Three runs each had one interrupted model reply that reported no usage (attempts_without_usage); those are not priced either.",
    "Cost per task covers all 23 runs at every level."
  ],
  "pricing_check_sha256": "f609ac6aba53a1022026f52c595873f5daf4f0c1dbccf32883266b76dcc3d8c4"
}