DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek

Ultra-cheap V4 variant (replaces deepseek-chat); 1M context, high-volume tasks.

✓ Best for
Cheapest high-volume chat and light tasks
✗ Not ideal for
Frontier-hard reasoning
1M+ contextUltra-low costSelf-hostable
TextTool useCodeDeepSeek License
Intelligence Index42Above average · /100
Arena Elo1340Above average

Specifications

VendorDeepSeek
FamilyDeepSeek
Context1M · 750k words(≈ a novella)
Max output384K · 288k words(≈ a novella)
Released2026-05-22
Open sourceYes
Tool use

Pricing across channels

per 1M tokens, USD

ChannelTypeInputOutput
DeepSeek PlatformOfficial$0.070$0.17visit
OpenRouterAggregator$0.070$0.17visitAd
DeepSeek Pricing· 2026-06-17

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