# New Deepseek model V4.1-Flash cuts memory needs for AI agents

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/new-deepseek-model-v4-1-flash-cuts-memory-needs-for-ai-agents/>
> Published: 2026-09-10 12:40:51+00:00

Deepseek releases V4.1-Flash, a multimodal model with 552 billion parameters that cuts KV cache memory to a quarter of its predecessor. On the DeepSWE coding benchmark, it narrowly beats Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol, even though only 16 billion parameters are active per token. The model ships under the MIT license and targets much cheaper AI agents.

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