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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

NO LMARENA GENERAL SCORE

No LMArena general score is attached to this listing.

$0.300 / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out

Price under confirmation since 2026-10-21. Upstream lists another price for this model now, or other prices from its sellers. What is shown is the last we published; the new figures are published once a second day shows the same values. · Serving precision differs between offers.

Independent LMArena score
No LMArena general score
Context window
1.05M
Maximum output
393.22K
Input modalities
text, image
Output modalities
text
Published input price
$0.200 / 1M tokens
Published output price
$0.600 / 1M tokens
Pricing kind
fixed

Inspect complete billing conditions and endpoint terms below.

Price from DeepInfra: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery, with at least 90% of the reference context and at a declared precision that is not 4-bit (fp8), at its standard rate. The maker’s own precision is not known.

Price under confirmation since 2026-10-21 Upstream lists another price for this model now, or other prices from its sellers. What is shown is the last we published; the new figures are published once a second day shows the same values.

Cheaper right now: $0.098 in · $0.294 out per million tokens at DeepInfra, a promotion of 51%. The price on this page is DeepInfra’s standard rate: the ranking uses the standard rate, never a promotion.

Every price dimension · USD per million tokens
Input$0.200/M
Output$0.600/M
Cached input$0.0060/M
Cache writeUnknown/M
Cache write 1hUnknown/M
ReasoningUnknown/M

Who sells it

The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs.

Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.080/M from InferenceNet.

11 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions

Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test.

SellerInputOutputPrecisionUptime (1d)
Relacerelace
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0080
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
943,718 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.050 $0.600 undeclared 100.00%
DeepInfradeepinfra/fp8/flex
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0024
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
131,072 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
51% · already included in these rates
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.078 $0.235 fp8 95.32%
InferenceNetinference-net/fp8
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0080
Context limit
262,144 tokens
Output limit
131,072 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.080 $0.500 fp8 100.00%
DeepInfradeepinfra/fp8
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0029
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
131,072 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
51% · already included in these rates
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.098 $0.294 fp8 98.55%
Cloudflarecloudflare
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0030
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
943,718 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.100 $0.600 undeclared 98.53%
DeepInfradeepinfra/fp8/priority
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0044
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
131,072 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
51% · already included in these rates
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.147 $0.441 fp8 98.06%
Parasailparasail/fp8
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0060
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
943,718 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.300 $1.20 fp8 100.00%
DeepSeekdeepseek
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0060
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
393,216 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Time windows
Standard-window rate shown. Discount Mon–Fri 00:00–01:00, 04:00–06:00, 10:00–24:00; Sat–Sun 00:00–24:00 UTC: $0.150 in · $0.600 out.
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.300 $1.20 undeclared 100.00%
Fireworksfireworks
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0060
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
943,718 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.300 $1.20 undeclared 100.00%
PrimeIntellectprimeintellect
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0060
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
131,072 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.300 $1.20 undeclared 99.35%
BaseTenbaseten
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.0070
Context limit
1,048,576 tokens
Output limit
262,144 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$0.300 $1.20 undeclared 100.00%

Independent scores

No independent benchmark has measured this model. Unrated is not a score of zero.

Best rankings by task

  • Game development #7 1363
  • Spreadsheet #7 1233
  • Code categories #8 1335
  • Data visualisation #9 1335
  • 3D #9 1372
  • Websites #11 1312
  • UI components #17 1300
  • ASCII art #18 1244

Per-task Elo and rank from Design Arena, via OpenRouter’s model feed. The rank is the feed’s, and it counts models OpenRouter does not list.

Capability

Context window1M
Max output393K
Input modestext, image
Tool useyes
Reasoningoptional
Open weightsUnknown

Provenance

Price sourcePublished record of 2026-10-18, under confirmation since 2026-10-21
Fetched2026-10-21
HeldPrice and provider offers kept at the published record of 2026-10-18 until a second day confirms the newer upstream value, or after 3 days until one day’s two readings agree.
Quality dataunrated

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the October 17, 2026 snapshot of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, served by DeepSeek under the `deepseek-flash` API model name. V4.1 Flash is a sparse mixture-of-experts model...

Questions this page answers

What does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 cost?

$0.200/M in, $0.600/M out: the published record of 2026-10-18, under confirmation since 2026-10-21. That is the API row, not a subscription.

Does DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 have an independent quality score?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has no LMArena general score in this catalogue. Unrated is not a score of zero.

What beats DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has no LMArena general score. Unrated is not a score of zero.

Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017?

No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated.

Does a missing score mean DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 scored zero?

Unrated is not a score of zero.

Is the cheapest DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 endpoint the same product?

Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.080/M from InferenceNet.

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