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Deepseek-V4.1-Flash-1017 improves agentic coding scores and lowers reported task costs

Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats larger rivals in agentic tasks while once again massively cutting per-task costs

What happened

Deepseek released Deepseek-V4.1-Flash-1017 through its website, app, and API, with open-source weights on Hugging Face and ModelScope. In Deepseek’s own DeepSWE results, it scores 77.0 percent at just under $0.20 per task, versus its predecessor’s 74.2 percent at around $0.50; independent benchmarks are not yet available. Deepseek also opened its internally developed search engine to developers through Search & Fetch APIs, with each endpoint priced at $0.75 per 1,000 calls.

Why it matters

Deepseek’s reported task costs alongside benchmark scores provide a concrete comparison of coding efficiency, with the article clearly distinguishing company results from independent evaluation.

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