According to Guru Club, DeepSeek updated its V4.1 Flash model to version 1017 on October 17, with the new version deployed across its web platform, mobile app, and API. The updated model achieved improved benchmark performance across multiple tasks.
The new version reduces execution time and output length compared to the previous V4.1 Flash iteration, enabling users to complete tasks at lower cost and faster speed. DeepSeek stated the optimization reached new performance-to-cost Pareto optimality across multiple benchmark frameworks.