DeepSeek V4.1 Flash gains traction as users run it locally and benchmarks highlight low-cost performance
Community reports show DeepSeek V4.1 Flash running on diverse local hardware, from eight V100s to Macs with Thunderbolt SSDs, while benchmarks cite fast throughput, cheap API costs, and autonomous hacking simulations for under $3.
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Timeline · 9 reports
- 2026-11-08 20:27 · DEV Community — AI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API: Clean and Tag 10,000 Comments, and What It Costs - 2026-11-08 03:33 · DEV Community — AI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Claude Haiku 5.5: a 17-task benchmark of the two cheapest tiers - 2026-11-07 06:39 · r/LocalLLM
Two Thunderbolt 5 SSDs in RAID 0 made DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (763B) about 25% faster on my M3 Ultra with InferSSD - 2026-11-07 00:00 · Vercel Blog
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Ultrafast now available on AI Gateway - 2026-11-06 23:45 · r/LocalLLM
Making the most of the GPUs we could get: 763B DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 25.6 tok/s on a mismatched R9700 + Arc Pro B65 + 128 GB RAM, no speculation - 2026-11-06 20:33 · AlphaSignal
Software Tuning Boosts DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Throughput 60% on Unchanged NVIDIA Hardware - 2026-11-06 20:23 · AlphaSignal
Vals AI's CyberOffense Shows DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Hacking Corporate Networks for Under $3 - 2026-11-05 21:16 · r/LocalLLM
[Crazy AI Lawyer] DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on eight 2018 V100s is doing my real work now: 524K context, every weight in VRAM, 200+ tok/s on code, ~110 on legal writing, RAG and tool calls wired in - 2026-11-05 21:07 · r/LocalLLaMA
Lawyer with too many GPUs, part 4: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on eight V100s from 2018. 200+ tok/s on code, ~110 on legal writing, 2,200 tok/s prefill at 128K, 524K context, every weight in VRAM