DeepSeek V3.1 vs Perceptron Mk1

DeepSeek V3.1 at $0.287 in and $1.09 out and Perceptron Mk1 at $0.172 in and $1.73 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

DeepSeek V3.1

DeepSeek

0.23¢

for a client proposal

$0.287 in · $1.09 out / 1M

164K context · released August 2025

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Perceptron Mk1

Perceptron

0.22¢

for a client proposal

$0.172 in · $1.73 out / 1M

33K context · released 3 months ago

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.46¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Perceptron Mk1 at $0.172 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: DeepSeek V3.1 at $1.09 per million tokens.
Largest context: DeepSeek V3.1 at 164K tokens — about 230 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

DeepSeek V3.1

0.11¢

Perceptron Mk1

0.12¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

DeepSeek V3.1

0.23¢

Perceptron Mk1

0.22¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

DeepSeek V3.1

4.9¢

Perceptron Mk1

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

DeepSeek V3.1

1.1¢

Perceptron Mk1

needs 35K ctx

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

DeepSeek V3.1

needs 250K ctx

Perceptron Mk1

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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DeepSeek V3.1

Perceptron Mk1

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Pricing

DeepSeek V3.1

Perceptron Mk1

Input / 1M tokens

$0.287

$0.172

Output / 1M tokens

$1.09

$1.73

Cached input / 1M

$0.149

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Specs

DeepSeek V3.1

Perceptron Mk1

Provider

DeepSeek

Perceptron

Released

August 2025

3 months ago

Context window

164K

33K

Max output

33K

Input

Text

Text, Images, and Video

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2025-03-31

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

DeepSeek V3.1

DeepSeek

0.11¢

for this task

51% input · 49% output

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Perceptron Mk1

Perceptron

0.12¢

for this task

29% input · 71% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.23¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,147 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, DeepSeek V3.1 has the largest context window here — 164K tokens.

On price, Perceptron Mk1 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.22¢.

For images or files, Perceptron Mk1 can read them directly; DeepSeek V3.1 is text-only.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.1 or Perceptron Mk1?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Perceptron Mk1 at 0.22¢; DeepSeek V3.1 at 0.23¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

DeepSeek V3.1 — 164K tokens, about 230 pages.

Can I run DeepSeek V3.1 and Perceptron Mk1 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.46¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.46¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.