$ diff deepseek-v4-flash deepseek-v4
DeepSeek V4-Flash vs DeepSeek V4
Values come from DeepSeek V4-Flash and DeepSeek V4, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
DeepSeekDeepSeek V4-Flash
- context
- —
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- $0.14
- $/M out
- $0.28
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Weights
- Both publish weights — DeepSeek V4-Flash under MIT (open-weight), DeepSeek V4 under MIT (open-weight). Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- DeepSeek V4-Flash shipped 15 days after DeepSeek V4 (2026-07-31 vs 2026-07-16).
Full spec
| Attribute | DeepSeek V4-Flash | DeepSeek V4 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
| Released | 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-16 |
| Context window | not recorded | 1M tokens (384K max output) |
| Pricing | $0.14/M input (cache miss) · $0.0028/M input (cache hit) · $0.28/M output — see Conflicting Reports | Peak: 2× off-peak API rates; off-peak rates not disclosed |
| License | MIT (open-weight) | MIT (open-weight) |
| Availability | DeepSeek API (Responses format, Codex-adapted), Hugging Face (`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731`) | DeepSeek API, Hugging Face (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro) |