DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis
Summary
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Reasoning, Max Effort) is evaluated on intelligence, cost, and context window, with Open Weights released in July 2026. The analysis places it among leading open-weight models for its intelligence score and competitive pricing, noting a 1M-token context window and 284B total parameters (13B active). The review covers pricing, throughput, and licensing (MIT).