DeepSeek 4.1 Flash needs ~200 tok/s local decode speed to be competitive, says heavy user
antirez · x · 2026-10-21
After intensively using the models, liuliu says he now understands what antirez meant: DeepSeek 4.1 Flash (1017) needs roughly 200 tok/s local decode speed to be competitive. antirez boosted the post, giving local-model hobbyists a concrete throughput target for judging whether a small-model setup is actually practical.
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