DeepSeek unveils V4.1-Flash: smallest model in new architecture family with native vision
zephyr_z9 · x · 2026-09-10
DeepSeek officially introduced V4.1-Flash, the smallest model in its new architecture family, with native visual understanding, designed for greater capability, faster inference and higher throughput as a stepping stone to larger models. Retweeter Dorialexander quipped "model is data." The model offers 552B backbone params (16B active), 1M context, and day-0 support in SGLang.
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