DeepSeek-VL2 vs DeepSeek V4.1-Flash

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

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-VL2GA
7.2
AI Panel
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4.1-FlashGA
8.6
AI Panel

Identity & lifecycle

ProviderDeepSeekDeepSeek
Family / tierDeepSeek-VL · VLDeepSeek V4 · Flash
StatusGAGA
Released2024-12-132026-09-10
Knowledge cutoff2024-10—

Architecture & context

Context window4K1M
Max output tokens4K384K
Input modalitiestext, imagetext, image
Reasoning modenoneoptional
Open weightsYesYes

Pricing (per Mtok)

Input—$0.3
Output—$1.2
Cached input—$0.006
Batch input——
Free tierYesYes

Speed

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

Trust & deployment

Trains on inputsNoYes
Licensecustom-deepseek-model-licenseMIT
Clouds——
Compliance——

AI Panel scoring

Unified score7.28.6
Decision Maker7.58.5
Domain Strategist79
Finance Lead8.59
Domain Practitioner7.59
Power User6.58.5
Skeptic77.5
Value score8.89.6

Benchmarks

GPQA Diamond—90.9
MMMU51.1—
Terminal-Bench—90.6
Humanity's Last Exam—36.8

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