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DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek's efficient tier of the V4 generation. Faster and cheaper than V4 Pro; the practical default for high-throughput agentic workloads.

Modality
Text
License
DeepSeek License (Open weights)
Released
May 6, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Runs locally
Yes

Strengths

  • Cheaper and lower-latency than V4 Pro
  • Same V4 family training, scaled-down architecture
  • Open weights and API access both available

Weaknesses

  • Reasoning depth shallower than V4 Pro on hardest problems
  • License has restrictions on commercial use cases

Try it

WhereTypeNotes
Hugging Face weights DeepSeek License
DeepSeek Platform hosted-api API key required

Version history

  1. DeepSeek V4 Flash May 2026 Current
  2. DeepSeek V4 Pro May 2026
  3. DeepSeek V3 Dec 2024 Deprecated

Change log

  • — Initial entry. Sighted on Hugging Face (lastModified 2026-05-06).