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DeepSeek-V4-Flash

Forty-four cents a million on a million-token window, twenty-two off-peak. The open weights went up the same day.

Status
released
Released
31 July 2026
Context
1M tokens
Price / 1M
$0.44 in, $1.32 out
Mentions
2
Threads
3

What is DeepSeek-V4-Flash?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash is a model from DeepSeek, built in China. It's out, and you can call it today.

When did DeepSeek-V4-Flash come out?

DeepSeek released it on 31 July 2026. That date comes from the lab's own docs.

The tracker first logged the name on 4 July 2026 and last saw it on 1 August 2026.

What does it cost, and how much context does it hold?

LabDeepSeek
Built inChina
Statusreleased
API model iddeepseek-v4-flash
Released31 July 2026
Context window1M tokens
Max output384K tokens
Input, per 1M tokens$0.44
Output, per 1M tokens$1.32

List prices per million tokens, read off the lab's own docs. Caching, batching and volume deals all cut the real number, so treat this as the ceiling. Check the source before you budget against it.

How does it compare to DeepSeek's other models?

ModelStatusDateContextIn / 1MOut / 1M
DeepSeek-V4-Flashreleased31 July 20261M tokens$0.44$1.32
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exppreview21 August 20261M tokens$0.44$1.32
DeepSeek-V4-Proreleased13 August 20261M tokens$1.32$3.96

A dash means the lab hasn't published that number for that model.

What are people discussing about DeepSeek-V4-Flash?

We tracked 3 public discussions naming DeepSeek-V4-Flash across r/ClaudeCode, r/DeepSeek and r/accelerate between 9 August 2026 and 27 August 2026.

The subject that came up most was what it costs, then using it to write code. A discussion can cover several, so these add up to more than 3.

What people are discussingThreads
what it costs3
using it to write code2

Every mention we've logged

Every tracked post, release, changelog entry or incident whose title or summary names DeepSeek-V4-Flash. Newest first, each one linking to where the lab published it.

Sat 01 Aug 2026

1

Sat 04 Jul 2026

1

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