DeepSeek-V4-Flash: release date and what it's for
Released , according to DeepSeek's changelog. Retired on September 10, 2026, when DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash replaced it. Calls to deepseek-v4-flash still work, but V4.1 Flash answers them at its own price.
- Status
- Deprecated
- Released
- Lab
- DeepSeek
- Input
- $0.44per million tokens
- Output
- $1.32per million tokens
- Context window
- 1Mtokens
- Max output
- 384Ktokens
API model ID: deepseek-v4-flash
What is DeepSeek-V4-Flash capable of?
6 posts from people showing what they made with DeepSeek-V4-Flash, newest and most-reacted first. People are posting 3d, code, music and science made with it.
Each card is the original post, shown the way X or Reddit embeds it, with a link to where it came from. We picked the ones that show something being made and skipped the benchmark screenshots. We can't vouch for any of them being unedited.
How DeepSeek-V4-Flash compares on price and context
inputoutput
- GPT-6 Astra$10 / $50
- Muse Spark 1.3$1.25 / $4.25
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro$1.32 / $3.96
- Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.75 / $3.75
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash$0.44 / $1.32
how much it reads at once
- GPT-6 Astra1.05M
- Muse Spark 1.31.05M
- Gemini 3.8 Flash1.05M
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash1M
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro1M
Next to the newest DeepSeek models and the current model from other labs. Prices are in US dollars per million tokens.
What is DeepSeek-V4-Flash?
DeepSeek-V4-Flash is a model from DeepSeek, built in China. The lab has put it on the retirement list. Move off it.
When did DeepSeek-V4-Flash come out?
DeepSeek released it on July 31, 2026. That date comes from DeepSeek's changelog.
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