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🐳 DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 released: MIT weights, 1M context, and stronger coding and agent benchmark results

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DeepSeek has released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 , an update to its V4.1-Flash multimodal model. The October 17 announcement confirms that the official website and app have also been updated. Official announcement Here are the main details and how its published results compare with other models. Mode…

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  1. 2026-10-19 20:20 · r/LocalLLM
    GitHub - vincalkr/DS41Engine: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash GSQ on a single RX 7900 XTX (gfx1100, ROCm/HIP): the v41 engine, the optimizations with their measured numbers, and the docs
  2. 2026-10-19 16:08 · r/LocalLLM
    Run DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 Locally Guide
  3. 2026-10-19 11:43 · r/LocalLLaMA
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 2.61 bpw + Engram: 26 t/s on dual RTX 3090s with dsx
  4. 2026-10-19 08:02 · r/LocalLLM
    Can DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 really run on 12GB VRAM + 64GB RAM?
  5. 2026-10-19 06:41 · TechNode
    DeepSeek releases V4.1 Flash-1017 with stronger coding and agent capabilities
  6. 2026-10-19 05:56 · r/LocalLLaMA
    DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on AA & Vals index
  7. 2026-10-19 01:11 · r/LocalLLM
    Xolotl (Strata) + the new DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 — a 153 GiB quant for everyone
  8. 2026-10-18 23:24 · r/singularity
    Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats larger rivals in agentic tasks while once again massively cutting per-task costs
  9. 2026-10-18 22:34 · SiliconANGLE AI
    DeepSeek releases updated V4.1-Flash model it says completes tasks faster
  10. 2026-10-18 14:51 · r/LocalLLaMA
    unsloth/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-GGUF · Hugging Face
  11. 2026-10-18 10:22 · r/LocalLLM
    MINISFORUM MS-S1 MAX P495 (192GB) Review and Weekend Test: llama.cpp Vulkan benchmarks: gpt-oss 120B, MiniMax M2.7, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Flash-Next, Qwen3.5 35B, Qwen3.8 27B (+ MTP)
  12. 2026-10-18 07:21 · r/LocalLLM
    I am getting a good deal on Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual, should I pull the trigger?
  13. 2026-10-18 04:13 · r/huggingface
    DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017 for Dwarfstar (ds4)
  14. 2026-10-18 04:12 · r/LocalLLM
    DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017 for Dwarfstar (ds4)
  15. 2026-10-18 04:12 · r/LocalLLaMA
    DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017 for Dwarfstar (ds4)
  16. 2026-10-18 02:04 · r/LocalLLaMA
    The whale girl mode in DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is still there.
  17. 2026-10-17 21:41 · r/LocalLLM
    Xolotl (Strata based) - DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (552B) on a single 4090 at ~27 tok/s, Uncensored 1017 quant coming in a couple of days
  18. 2026-10-17 21:40 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Xolotl (Strata based) - DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (552B) on a single 4090 at ~27 tok/s, Uncensored 1017 quant coming in a couple of days
  19. 2026-10-17 20:42 · r/LocalLLaMA
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Support for ds4 · PR #1225 · antirez/ds4
  20. 2026-10-17 20:29 · r/LocalLLaMA
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 [GGUF + Abliterated]
  21. 2026-10-17 18:56 · r/LocalLLM
    DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 open weights under the MIT license
  22. 2026-10-17 18:55 · r/huggingface
    DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 open weights under the MIT license
  23. 2026-10-17 15:12 · r/singularity
    DeepSeek v4.1-Flash-1017 new version
  24. 2026-10-17 14:15 · r/LocalLLaMA
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (1017) Now Leads Open-Weight Models
  25. 2026-10-17 10:50 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen3.8-27B at 53 tok/s decode on a single Intel Arc Pro B60 (24GB): llama.cpp Vulkan + DFlash2 + Intel FA kernel, raw logs included
  26. 2026-10-17 10:34 · r/LocalLLM
    Arc Pro B60 runs a 27B coding model at 53 tok/s: full recipe, flags and raw logs
  27. 2026-10-17 08:54 · r/huggingface
    🐳 DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 released: MIT weights, 1M context, and stronger coding and agent benchmark results

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