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Editions archiveAbout & rulesAgent Arena places DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (Max) among its top open models at a reported $0.07 median cost per task
Editorial synthesis
Agent Arena reports that DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (Max) ranked third among open models with a 4.87% net improvement and a $0.07 median cost per task. The supplied comparison says this was near Hy4 preview’s reported improvement at 68% lower cost and below Kimi K3 (Max) at 91% lower cost. The excerpts do not provide the evaluation protocol or independently verify the leaderboard.
Lead source
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| Exciting news: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (Max) by @deepseek_ai just landed in Agent Arena at #3 among open models! With +4.87% net improvement and a median cost per task of $0.07 it resh ↗Linked image · x.com | Discovery post summary; linked content is separate evidence. Agent Arena reports DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (Max) at third among open models, with a 4.87% net improvement and $0.07 median cost per task. The post compares those figures with Kimi K3 (Max) and Hy4 preview; the excerpt is truncated and the leaderboard methodology is not supplied. |
Related reporting
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X list: https://x.com/i/lists/1585430245762441216By arena DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (Max) is a breakthrough in performance to cost efficiency. With +4.87% net improvement at $0.07 cost per median task, it’s reshaped the Pareto frontier for Agen ↗x.com | Agent Arena reports that DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (Max) achieved a 4.87% net improvement at $0.07 median task cost, with the lowest median task cost among its top three open models and large cost advantages over named alternatives. |
arena.aiDiscovered via arena ↗ At $0.07 median cost per task and +4.87% net improvement, DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash (Max) lands on the Pareto frontier!
Check out the full Agent Arena leaderboard and Pareto frontier at ↗Linked article · arena.ai | Discovery post summary; linked content is separate evidence. Agent Arena links its reported leaderboard and says the model reached the performance-cost Pareto frontier at a $0.07 median task cost and 4.87% net improvement. This is a second post from the same source, not independent corroboration. |
arena.aiDiscovered via arena ↗ Check out the full Agent Arena leaderboard and Pareto frontier at: arena.ai/leaderboard/agent/p… ↗Linked article · arena.ai | Discovery post summary; linked content is separate evidence. Points readers to Agent Arena’s full agent leaderboard and Pareto-frontier page, but does not add results or methodology. |
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