Cost & timing
Inspect the cost and processing time of scientific knowledge extraction across the 74-page Distils showcase. These measurements cover PDF processing, fact extraction, and entity selection; they exclude downstream RAG indexing or GraphRAG construction. They are archived observations, not a current price quote or a general model benchmark.
Measurement conditions
Both runs used the OrcaRouter API, one worker, and DeepSeek in non-thinking mode. No sampling parameter other than temperature was set.
On September 13, 2026, OrcaRouter listed the following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash prices:
| Usage | Off-peak | Weekday peak |
|---|---|---|
| Uncached input / 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.30 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.003 | $0.006 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0.60 | $1.20 |
Weekday peak windows were 01:00-04:00 and 06:00-10:00 UTC, with every rate doubled. Both archived runs were off-peak: they ran on Sunday from 10:50:16 to 10:59:30 UTC and from 10:59:41 to 11:07:58 UTC.
API cost
| Model | Total API cost | Mean / page | Median (P50) / page | P95 / page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, T=0 | $0.116260 | $0.001571 | $0.001617 | $0.003033 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, T=1 | $0.099126 | $0.001340 | $0.001429 | $0.002103 |
Processing time
| Model | Total pipeline | Mean API time / page | Median (P50) / page | P95 / page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, T=0 | 9.8 min | 7.33 s | 7.32 s | 12.50 s |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, T=1 | 8.4 min | 6.55 s | 6.86 s | 10.52 s |
Per-page API values combine extraction and entity calls, with document selection distributed evenly across the paper's pages. Pipeline time includes fresh GROBID processing and orchestration; PDF rendering is recorded separately. Cost is reported by OrcaRouter.
Request-level statistics
API cost
| Model | Total API cost | Mean / request | Median (P50) / request | P95 / request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, T=0 | $0.116260 | $0.000807 | $0.000659 | $0.001838 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, T=1 | $0.099126 | $0.000684 | $0.000556 | $0.001492 |
Processing time
| Model | Total pipeline | Mean API time / request | Median (P50) / request | P95 / request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, T=0 | 9.8 min | 3.77 s | 3.34 s | 6.70 s |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, T=1 | 8.4 min | 3.34 s | 3.08 s | 6.44 s |
P50 is the median; P95 uses the nearest rank. All received responses, including retries, contribute to the measurements. A single run per configuration does not establish a general speed or quality ranking.