DeepSeek V4-Pro vs DeepSeek V4.1-Flash vs DeepSeek V4-Flash

Best cell per row highlighted. Null means undisclosed — never counted as zero.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4-ProGA
8.5
AI Panel
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4.1-FlashGA
8.6
AI Panel
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4-Flashretired
8.7
AI Panel

Identity & lifecycle

ProviderDeepSeekDeepSeekDeepSeek
Family / tierDeepSeek V4 · ProDeepSeek V4 · FlashDeepSeek V4 · Flash
StatusGAGAretired
Released2026-08-132026-09-102026-04-24
Knowledge cutoff2026-02—2026-02

Architecture & context

Context window1M1M1M
Max output tokens384K384K384K
Input modalitiestexttext, imagetext
Reasoning modeoptionaloptionaloptional
Open weightsYesYesYes

Pricing (per Mtok)

Input$1.32$0.3$0.14
Output$3.96$1.2$0.28
Cached input$0.044$0.006$0.0028
Batch input———
Free tierYesYesYes

Speed

Output speed (tok/s)———
Time to first token (s)———
Latency tiermediumfastfast

Trust & deployment

Trains on inputsYesYesYes
LicenseMITMITMIT
Clouds———
Compliance———

AI Panel scoring

Unified score8.58.68.7
Decision Maker88.58.5
Domain Strategist8.598.5
Finance Lead999.7
Domain Practitioner8.598.5
Power User7.58.58
Skeptic7.57.57.5
Value score9.49.69.9

Benchmarks

MMLU-Pro87.5—86.2
GPQA Diamond90.190.988.1
SWE-bench Verified80.6—79
HumanEval76.8——
LiveCodeBench93.5—91.6
Terminal-Bench—90.6—
MRCR Long Context83.5—78.7
SimpleQA57.9—34.1
Humanity's Last Exam37.736.834.8
LMArena Elo1463—1438
LMArena Coding Elo1503—1483

Scores link to their sources. Missing cells mean the vendor hasn't disclosed a result — honesty over padding.