DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (free)

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (free)

deepseek · Released Apr 24, 2026 Emerging New
Intelligence #523 / 556
8.1 Our Score
Speed
Not reported
Input
Not priced
Output
Not priced
Context #17 / 557
1M tokens

Analysis Summary

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (free) sits in the Emerging tier on our leaderboard, ranked #523 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.000 input and $0.000 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers an exceptionally large context window suited to long-document workflows and supports tool use and function calling.

Editorial notes

DeepSeek V4 Flash free tier offers a 1M token context with tool use and function calling, but has no benchmark data to verify capability, limiting confidence for business deployment.

Assessed May 14, 2026

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Performance Profile

Intelligence0Technical0Value0Content3
Intelligence 0/10
Technical 0/10
Content 3/10
Value 0/10

DeepSeek V4 Flash is an efficiency-optimized Mixture-of-Experts model from DeepSeek with 284B total parameters and 13B activated parameters, supporting a 1M-token context window. It is designed for fast inference and..

Capabilities

Tool Use Function Calling

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Model Information

OpenRouter ID deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:free
Providerdeepseek
Model FamilyDeepSeek
Release Date April 24, 2026
Context Length1,048,576 tokens
Max Completion384,000 tokens
Status Active

Live Performance

Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.

41%
Avg Uptime
8,200ms
Best Latency (TTFT)
6 tok/s
Best Throughput
1/1
Active Endpoints
Available via: Crucible