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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

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Winner summary

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 wins 9 of 10 shared benchmarks. Leads in agentic · reasoning · knowledge.

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Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
#41 by perf·#4 by attention
DESERVED
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
#57 by perf·#4 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
9.9x better value than DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
254.9 pts/$
$0.25/M
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
25.8 pts/$
$2.28/M
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$3.4B·Tier 1
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$3.4B·Tier 1
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Head to head
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
APEX-Agents
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +22.5
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
69.8
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
47.3
ARC-AGI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +4.0
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
94.5
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
90.5
ARC-AGI-2
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +16.8
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
78.1
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
61.3
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
43.2
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
43.2
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +19.5
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
46.3
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
26.8
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +7.0
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
75.0
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
68.0
GPQA diamond
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +2.1
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
94.7
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
92.6
Mystery Game Puzzles
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +6.6
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
43.8
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
37.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads by +0.8
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
99.4
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
98.6
SimpleQA Verified
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads by +10.4
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
42.5
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
52.9
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
APEX-Agents
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
69.847.3
ARC-AGI
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
94.590.5
ARC-AGI-2
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
78.161.3
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
43.243.2
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
46.326.8
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
75.068.0
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
94.792.6
Mystery Game Puzzles
43.837.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
99.498.6
SimpleQA Verified
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
42.552.9
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$0.01$0.501.0M tokens (~524 books)$1.29
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$0.11$4.441.0M tokens (~524 books)$11.93