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Qwen3-235B-A22B vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

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Open-Weight Models · verified 13 Sept 2026

Qwen3-235B-A22BAlibabacurrent
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeekcurrent
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SpecificationQwen3-235B-A22BDeepSeek V4.1 Flash
SummaryCheapest capable model, most permissive licence.Twice the parameters of the Flash it replaces, and cheaper to run.
Context—1M
Input ($/Mtok)—$0.3
Output ($/Mtok)—$1.2
LicenceApache-2.0MIT
Max output—256K
Parameters235B MoE552B total, 8B / 16B active
Released—10 Sep 2026
Model ID—deepseek-flash
CategoryOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight Models
OfficialAlibaba ↗DeepSeek ↗

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Qwen3-235B-A22B

  • No licence conditions whatsoever
  • 22B active of 235B total

Best for commercial self-hosting.

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

  • 552B total, 8B active while reading the prompt and 16B while generating, with a 1M token context
  • DeepSeek says it beats V4-Pro; V4-Pro requests route to it from 14 September 2026
  • MIT licence, native image input, and a KV cache about a quarter the size of V4-Flash's

Best for cheap agentic coding with images.

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