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Fireworks launches DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash for cost-efficient AI tasks

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Fireworks has released the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash model, which reportedly offers a new frontier in performance and cost-efficiency for AI tasks, particularly in software engineering. The model achieves comparable accuracy to models like GPT-6 Astra on the DeepSWE benchmark but at a significantly lower cost per task. This cost reduction is attributed to a new encoder-decoder split architecture and optimized KV cache, making advanced AI capabilities more accessible for complex agent workflows. AI

IMPACT Significantly lowers the cost of running complex AI agent workflows, making advanced autonomous software engineering tasks more economically viable.

RANK_REASON Model release from a frontier lab (Fireworks/DeepSeek) with performance claims. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Fireworks launches DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash for cost-efficient AI tasks

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  1. X — Fireworks (inference infra) TIER_1 English(EN) · FireworksAI_HQ ·

    Many assume that agent spend goes toward output tokens.

    Many assume that agent spend goes toward output tokens. When we ran DeepSWE on Astra vs. DeepSeek V4.1-Flash, input tokens outnumbered output 174 to 1. 99.6% were cache hits. Those hits are 60% of the bill. Net result? Same quality. $0.43/task vs $6.52. https://t.co/dVUPe5EzWP

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