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DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 1017 vs DeepSeek V4-Pro

DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 1017 vs DeepSeek V4-Pro: prices per token, context window, benchmark scores, and what changed between the two versions.

The short version

  • DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 1017 costs 70% less than DeepSeek V4-Pro per output token
  • DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 1017 scores 30 points higher on Terminal-Bench 4.0 than DeepSeek V4-Pro — measured with the Claude Code framework

The two versions side by side

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VersionTierStatusReleasedInputOutputCachedContextBlended /1MSample /mo
4.1
Checkpoint DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (released 2026-10-17), served under the API model name `deepseek-flash`; open weights on Hugging Face / ModelScope. The 2026-09-10 launch price is unchanged. The launch checkpoint is kept as its own row (deepseek-flash-0910).
Price your own usage
FastActive2026-10-17$0.300$1.20$0.00601,000K$0.750Peak hours $0.900Off-peak hours $0.450
4
Price your own usage
FlagshipActive—$1.32$3.96$0.0441,000K$2.64Peak hours $3.30Off-peak hours $1.65

Sample cost = 1M input + 500K output tokens per month at list price. A model with a long-context band is priced on that band — the rule is printed in the row. Use the calculator below for your own workload.

Benchmark scores

The versions of this line that have a published, traceable score record. 20 benchmarks tracked

DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 1017 leads on 6 of 7 shared benchmarks; DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 1017 is ~72% cheaper per blended million tokens.

DimensionDeepSeek V4.1-Flash 1017DeepSeek V4-Pro 0813
GPQA Diamond—92.4%
HLE42.6%42.7%
Codeforces (Rating)—3348
Apex Bench v1.172.1%—
MathArena Apex—65.3%
Terminal-Bench 2.1—87.9%
Terminal-Bench 3.0—11.8%
Terminal-Bench 4.042.3%12.4%
DeepSWE v1.177%62.7%
ProgramBench29.1%15.5%
NL2Repo-Bench68.2%61.5%
CyberGym—83.3%
SEC-Bench Pro—56.4%
ExploitGym—5.4%
HLE (w/tools)—60%
Automation-Bench60.5%43.2%
Agents' Last Exam35.4%25.7%
Chartography (w/tools)83%—
BabyVision (w/tools)92.5%—
ZeroBench-main (w/tools)51%—
Blended price$0.750 /1M$2.64 /1M
Full priceInput · Output · Cached input$0.300 · $1.20 · $0.0060$1.32 · $3.96 · $0.044
Context window1,000K1,000K

Transcribed from the sources named on each leaderboard entry. Coverage differs per version; a missing cell means the source did not report that benchmark.

What your usage would cost

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DeepSeek V4.1-Flash 1017
$24.00/mo
DeepSeek V4-Pro
$92.40/mo

List price only: cached input, batch discounts and off-peak rates are not included. The sample column prices 1M input + 500K output tokens per month.

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