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DeepSeek · DeepSeek V4

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731

Open weightsSupersededNewMIT

Previous DeepSeek Flash tier (284B total / 13B active); superseded by V4.1 Flash on 2026-09-10, and its API name now routes to V4.1 Flash. Weights remain downloadable.

AA Intelligence
34#40 of 151
Price
Self-host
Output speed
—
Context window
1M tokens

Composite indexes

  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index#40 of 151
    34independentv4.3.2, reasoning, max effortArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 58

Coding

  • Terminal-Bench 4.0#35 of 96
    12.1%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Sonnet 5.5 at 70.6%

  • Terminal-Bench 2.x#28 of 105
    82.7%vendorTerminal-Bench 2.1DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 model card (Hugging Face) ↗
    78.7%independentTerminal-Bench 2.1, reasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Fable 5.1 at 91.4%

  • SciCode#43 of 100
    50.3%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 66.9%

Agents and tool use

  • GDPval-AA#31 of 109
    1427independentGDPval-AA v2.1, reasoning, max effortArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Muse Wonder Full at 1857

Reasoning and knowledge

  • GPQA Diamond#35 of 144
    90.8%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 96.1%

  • Humanity’s Last Exam#42 of 153
    51.5%vendorwith toolsDeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 model card (Hugging Face) ↗
    38.6%independentreasoning, max effort, no tools, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗
    37.8%vendorno toolsDeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 model card (Hugging Face) ↗

    Leader: Claude Sonnet 5.5 at 64.5%

  • CritPt#31 of 144
    16.6%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Muse Wonder Full at 33%

Vision and long context

  • AA Long Context Reasoning#37 of 144
    79.7%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-LCRArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Kimi K3 at 88.7%

Human preference

  • LMArena Text#43 of 57
    1436independentarena entry "deepseek-v4-flash", 48,887 votes, checked 2026-09-25Arena (LMArena) text leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Gemini 4 Argon at 1525

  • LMArena WebDev#28 of 58
    1579independentarena entry "deepseek-v4-flash-high", 4,724 votes, checked 2026-09-25Arena (LMArena) WebDev/Code leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1818

Other published results

ResultScoreReported bySource
DeepSWE54.4%vendorDeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 model card (Hugging Face) ↗
Agents' Last Exam25.2%vendorDeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 model card (Hugging Face) ↗

Specs

Released
July 31, 2026
Parameters
284B total, 13B active
Size class
100 to 500B
Input
text
Output
text
Context
1M tokens
Max output
Not published

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