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DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 are still filling in scores.

Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
#6 by perf·no signal
QUIET
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
#41 by perf·#4 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)
n/a
no price
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
254.9 pts/$
$0.25/M
Vendor risk
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DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
DeepSeek logo
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)n/an/an/an/a
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$0.01$0.501.0M tokens (~524 books)$1.29