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Written by AI from the official notes. Check them for exact details.DeepSeek has released the V4.1-Flash model with improved multimodal capabilities and reduced API pricing.
- Introduced DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash model with multimodal visual understanding.
- Retired previous models; use 'deepseek-flash' for the latest.
- API prices reduced with the new model release.
- Continued support for DeepSeek V4 Pro after September 14, 2026.
Why it matters: Users of DeepSeek's API should consider upgrading to the new model for better performance and lower costs.
Full release notes19 changes
Today, we officially release the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash model. It is the smallest model in our new architecture family, with native multimodal visual understanding. The new architecture is designed for a higher capability ceiling, faster inference, higher throughput, and scaling to larger models.
- GPQA Diamond: 90.9
- HLE: 36.8 (39.1*)
- Codeforces (Rating): 3471
- MathArena Apex: 65.6
- Terminal-Bench 2.1: 90.6
- Terminal-Bench 3.0: 30.0
- Terminal-Bench 4.0: 31.2
- DeepSWE v1.1: 74.2
- ProgramBench: 20.3
- NL2Repo-Bench: 65.4
- CyberGym: 88.1
- SEC-Bench Pro: 62.8
- ExploitGym: 15.3
- HLE (w/tools): 63.9
- Automation-Bench: 54.8
- Agents' Last Exam: 31.8
- Chartography (w/tools): 78.9
- BabyVision (w/tools): 89.6
- ZeroBench-main (w/tools): 49.0
* Tested only on the pure-text subset of the HLE benchmark set.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is now available on the DeepSeek API with native multimodal support. Change the model name to deepseek-flash to call the latest V4.1 Flash model. The previous-generation models V4 Flash and V4 Flash Vision Exp have been retired; for compatibility, the model names deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp are temporarily routed to V4.1 Flash.
In response to user demand, we have decided to continue providing API services for DeepSeek V4 Pro after September 14, 2026, with the billing method remaining unchanged. We will provide further notice should there be any changes. Thank you for your understanding and support!
With the release of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, API prices have been reduced accordingly. For details, please refer to Models & Pricing.
For more details, please refer to this documentation.