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Models · DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek's DeepSeek model, released 10 Sept 2026.

Top three for

No task yet.

Evidence

Independently tested. 6 independent results so far.

Cost

$0.72 per 1,000 typical requests, if you use it directly.

Reads at once

1,500 pages of about 500 words.

Where it ranks, task by task

Its place on each task's score, among the models we compare that have enough results to score.

TaskPositionTask score
Best AI for planning and personal admin7th of 1446
Best AI for translation and languages7th of 1456
Best AI for health questions7th of 1457
Best AI for writing8th of 1444
Best AI for CVs, job applications and interviews8th of 1446
Best AI for documents, PDFs and notes10th of 1355

Test results

Every test we use that has a result for this exact version.

TestResultPosition
People's votes on coding questions
LMArena
rating 15114th of 14
People's votes on maths questions
LMArena
rating 14935th of 13
People's votes on health questions
LMArena
rating 14755th of 13
People's votes on business and finance questions
LMArena
rating 14646th of 14
People's votes on expert questions
LMArena
rating 15056th of 14
People's votes on following instructions
LMArena
rating 14756th of 14
People's votes on back-and-forth conversations
LMArena
rating 14607th of 14
People's votes on long, detailed requests
LMArena
rating 14767th of 14
People's votes on questions in other languages
LMArena
rating 14527th of 14
People's votes overall
LMArena
rating 14657th of 14
People's votes on science questions
LMArena
rating 14717th of 14
People's votes on writing and language
LMArena
rating 14488th of 14
People's votes on creative writing
LMArena
rating 14369th of 14
Pulling information out of documents into tables
DTBench authors
90%10th of 13
People's votes on legal questions
LMArena
rating 143912th of 14

Details

Maker
DeepSeek
Released
10 Sept 2026
Status
Current
Name checked
Confirmed with DeepSeek
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