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| Attribute | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 | Qwen3 30B A3Bqwen3-30b-a3b |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Input | $0.10 / 1M | $0.05 / 1M |
| Output | $0.50 / 1M | $0.15 / 1M |
| Cache Write (5m) | $0.10 / 1M | $0.05 / 1M |
| Cache Write (1h) | $0.10 / 1M | $0.05 / 1M |
| Cache Read | $0.10 / 1M | $0.05 / 1M |
| Web Search | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Context | ||
| Max context | 1M | 41.0K |
| Max output | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | ||
| Vision | Yes | No |
| Function Calling | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Mode | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | Yes |
| Catalogue | ||
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba |
| Category | chat | chat |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go |
| Released | — | — |
| Description | ||
| Summary | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the October 17, 2026 snapshot of DeepSeek’s cost-efficient Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model, built on its innovative Causal Encoder-Decoder (CED) architecture. Featuring 552B total parameters with 8B activated for input and 16B for output, it combines efficient inference with native multimodal understanding through jointly trained text and visual representations. Optimized for coding, terminal and computer-use agents, and long-horizon workflows, the model introduces compressed KV caching that reduces cache memory usage to approximately one-quarter of the previous Flash generation. DeepSeek reports that it surpasses V4 Pro in performance, inference speed, and task completion time, making it well suited for cost-efficient autonomous agents, complex software engineering, and long-context analysis. | Qwen3 is the latest generation in the Qwen large language model series, featuring both dense and Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architectures designed to excel in reasoning, multilingual understanding, and advanced agentic tasks. A defining capability of Qwen3 is its ability to seamlessly switch between a thinking mode for complex, multi-step reasoning and a non-thinking mode for efficient, high-quality dialogue—delivering strong versatility across use cases. Compared with earlier models such as QwQ and Qwen2.5, Qwen3 demonstrates substantial performance gains in mathematics, coding, commonsense reasoning, creative writing, and interactive conversation. The Qwen3-30B-A3B variant comprises 30.5B total parameters with 3.3B activated, 48 layers, and 128 experts (with 8 activated per task). With support for up to 131K token context lengths via YaRN, it sets a new benchmark for open-source MoE models in both capability and efficiency. |