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DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp

DeepSeek · DeepSeek Flash line · lightweight · open weights

Released August 21, 2026Replaced by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp was released by DeepSeek on August 21, 2026, as an open-weights lightweight model in the DeepSeek Flash line.

No detailed card for this model: we only add numbers published by the maker or by independent benchmarks. Sources: DeepSeek

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DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

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DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

DeepSeek · DeepSeek Flash line · lightweight · open weights
Past its usual gap24 days since the last release — usual gap is 21

A new encoder-decoder design that activates 8B parameters on input and 16B on output, beating V4-Flash-0731 on every agentic test DeepSeek published, with the MIT licence, a 1M-token context and a lower API price than the model it replaces.

Released Sep 10, 2026 · what changed →
Days since last release
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash · Sep 10, 2026
24
days
Usual gap
21
days
Recent gaps
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash · Sep 2026
20
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp · Aug 2026
21
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 · Jul 2026
98

Every DeepSeek Flash release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Sep 10, 2026DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
  2. Aug 21, 2026DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp · this page
  3. Jul 31, 2026DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731
  4. Apr 24, 2026DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Preview