DeepSeek · open · 2026-04

DeepSeek-V4-Flash

Item: DeepSeek-V4-Flash
Rating: 85.2

#10 index 85.2

the take
The same trick as V4-Pro in a size you could almost self-host, for pennies. Same caveat too: the scores are DeepSeek's own until someone neutral runs them.

benchmarks

79.0

88.1

86.4

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LiveCodeBench (coding)

91.6

specs

Context: 1M
Input: $0.14/M
Output: $0.28/M
Speed: —
Modality: text

strengths

Among the cheapest frontier-tier APIs
1M context in a compact MoE
Open weights, strong reported coding

weaknesses

Vendor-reported, unverified scores
Trails V4-Pro on the hardest tasks
Text-only

Sources: [1][2]

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