--- title: "Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 still undominated? · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/check/deepseek__deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017/ description: "DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: whether it is still undominated. If anything in this catalogue has a higher score or a lower price with neither dimension worse, it is named, as of Oct 21, 2026. Unrated stays unrated." --- # Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 still undominated? · Undominated.ai > DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: whether it is still undominated. If anything in this catalogue has a higher score or a lower price with neither dimension worse, it is named, as of Oct 21, 2026. Unrated stays unrated. # Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 a good deal? Whether anything in this catalogue beats DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 on both quality and price, and what you give up if it does. A computation on the current catalogue, not an opinion. 12 undominated of 143 · Oct 21, 2026 [1 · Choose & set workload](#check-input)[2 · Read verdict](#check-verdict)[3 · Inspect alternatives](#check-options) As of Oct 21, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has no LMArena general score. We cannot rank it. Absence of a score is not a score of zero. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026. [Inspect model evidence](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017/) Current model DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Balanced 3 tokens in per 1 out Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic Monthly spend (USD) Used only to say how many months a named switching cost would take to earn back. Leave blank to skip. Switching cost (USD) DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 takes text, image, returns up to 393,216 tokens from a 1,048,576-token context, and is listed by 11 sellers. 143 rated, priced standard models. Chartreuse is the frontier. Cobalt is the model you named, when it is not on the staircase. Copy watch URL [Open the frontier](/frontier/) The link keeps the model and mix, using the current catalogue. Monthly spend and switching cost stay in this browser tab and are left out of the link. ## Saved decision references Save the model, workload, catalogue date and capability-preservation rule in this browser. Spend, switching cost and bill contents are not saved. No account or notifications. Constraint: replacements must preserve the model’s capabilities; any losses remain named trade-offs. Historical decisions cannot be fully replayed from saved references: past prices, scores and capability evidence are not stored. Save this reference ## Continue your investigation - [Build a shortlist](/compare/) - [Inspect alternatives](/alternatives/) - [Check billing conditions](/traps/) - [Read model evidence](/models/)