Artificial Analysis Scores DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Higher, at Lower Per-Task Cost

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Artificial Analysis rates the reasoning version of DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash 1017 at 45 on its Intelligence Index, up from 39 for the previous V4.1 Flash. The model's per-token list price is unchanged, yet the cost to run the index fell from $0.49 to $0.26 per task, with output token usage dropping from 250 million to 210 million. The analysis notes that the answers remain relatively long, and that the reported cost assumes peak-hour pricing and maximum reasoning effort, which many users may not match. The findings were posted to Hacker News on October 19, after DeepSeek had released the update on October 17 with a promise of shorter outputs.

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