DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's reasoning_effort scales output quality and tokens ~linearly in tests
zainhas · x · 2026-09-10
Early user testing of DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash's reasoningeffort parameter shows something rare: quality improves nicely and roughly linearly as the setting goes from 1 to 100, and average output token count scales alongside — unlike many models where raising effort yields little.
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