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DeepSeek · DeepSeek V4

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

Open weightsSupersededNewMIT

Short-lived experimental image-input version of V4 Flash; its API id now routes to V4.1 Flash. Listed only for history.

AA Intelligence
35#30 of 142
Price
Self-host
Output speed
—
Context window
1M tokens

Composite indexes

  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index#30 of 142
    35independentv4.3.2, reasoning, max effortArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 58

Coding

  • Terminal-Bench 4.0#29 of 88
    12.1%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Mythos 5.1 at 60.9%

  • Terminal-Bench 2.x#31 of 103
    83.9%vendorTerminal-Bench 2.1DeepSeek API change log ↗
    74.2%independentTerminal-Bench 2.1, reasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Fable 5.1 at 91.4%

  • SciCode#42 of 94
    49.7%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 66.9%

Agents and tool use

  • GDPval-AA#18 of 103
    1534independentGDPval-AA v2.1, reasoning, max effortArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1846

Reasoning and knowledge

  • GPQA Diamond#29 of 142
    91.3%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 96.1%

  • Humanity’s Last Exam#48 of 147
    34.5%independentreasoning, max effort, no tools, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 61.4%

  • CritPt#37 of 139
    10.9%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: GPT-5.6 Sol at 32.3%

Vision and long context

  • AA Long Context Reasoning#23 of 139
    81.3%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-LCRArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Kimi K3 at 88.7%

  • MMMU-Pro#37 of 72
    74.8%independentreasoning, max effort, AA-runArtificial Analysis: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Reasoning, Max Effort) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 87.7%

Specs

Released
August 21, 2026
Parameters
284B total, 13B active
Size class
100 to 500B
Input
text, image
Output
text
Context
1M tokens
Max output
Not published

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