DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek V4 Flash is a text-in, text-out model from DeepSeek with a context window of just over one million tokens and a maximum output of 65,536 tokens per response. It accepts tool calls and supports reasoning, making it usable for multi-step workflows and agentic tasks. Structured output support is unconfirmed based on available data. At $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens, this is a low-cost option worth considering for high-volume or long-context workloads. Its blended benchmark score of 75.1 across four benchmarks is serviceable, and its coding subscore of 92.7 stands out, while agentic performance at 51.3 is notably weaker. Teams running code-heavy pipelines on a budget have a reasonable case for shortlisting it; teams prioritizing agentic reliability should weigh that lower score carefully before committing.