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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is DeepSeek’s AI model, released Sep 10, 2026. It costs $0.15/M input and $0.60/M output tokens, and handles a 1M-token context window. Its strongest use case is reasoning & knowledge, where it ranks in the 76th percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is a sparse mixture-of-experts model from DeepSeek, and the first built on the company's Causal Encoder-Decoder (CED) architecture.

Context
1M
Input
$0.15 / 1M
Output
$0.60 / 1M
Released
Sep 10, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atReasoning & Knowledge top 24%Coding top 25%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

76.0
Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis
76th percentile of tracked models
75.0
Coding Index
Artificial Analysis
75th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

1 evals
Humanity's Last Exam39.2%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

Coding

1 evals
SciCode51.9%

Scientific research coding

In the news

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Changelog

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  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: vendor list price cut from $0.3 to $0.15 per 1M input tokens (-50%)list price · Sep 14, 2026
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: vendor list price cut from $1.2 to $0.6 per 1M output tokens (-50%)list price · Sep 14, 2026
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: cheapest credible provider via DeepSeek now $0.15 per 1M input tokens (was $0.3, -50%)cheapest provider · Sep 14, 2026
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: cheapest credible provider via DeepSeek now $0.6 per 1M output tokens (was $1.2, -50%)cheapest provider · Sep 14, 2026
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (DeepSeek) added to the tracker: $0.3/$1.2 per 1M, 1M context.tracked · Sep 10, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is a sparse mixture-of-experts model from DeepSeek, and the first built on the company's Causal Encoder-Decoder (CED) architecture.

Who created DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is an AI model developed by DeepSeek, part of the DeepSeek family, released Sep 10, 2026.

How much does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's list price from DeepSeek is $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens.

What is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash supports a context window of up to 1M tokens.

How does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores 39.2% on Humanity's Last Exam, 51.9% on SciCode.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Sep 14, 2026.