DeepSeek released V4-Flash-0731, a 304B parameter model with enhanced agentic capabilities, ranked ahead of the larger MiniMax M3 on Artificial Analysis. Priced at $0.14/million input and $0.27/million output, it offers strong value-for-intelligence, though reasoning quality varies significantly with the reasoning effort setting.
Background
DeepSeek's V4 series has been gaining attention for balancing performance and cost. This release continues their trend of competitive open-weight models with strong agentic capabilities.
- Source
- Simon Willison
- Published
- Aug 1, 2026 at 07:59 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10