DeepSeek debuts multimodal language model competitive with Opus 4.8
DeepSeek today debuted a new addition to its flagship V4 series of large language models.
On launch, V4 Flash Vision Exp is only available via the Chinese startup’s paid developer platform. The company may release a free version later on given that it has open-sourced many of its earlier models. Those models include V4 Flash, an algorithm released in April that forms the foundation of V4 Flash Vision Exp.
DeepSeek compared the two LLMs across seven benchmarks that contain text-based challenges. V4 Flash Vision Exp outperformed its predecessor across all the tests with the exception of one. The benchmark in question, Cybergym, evaluates LLMs’ ability to discover software vulnerabilities.
The area where V4 Flash Vision Exp provides the biggest performance improvement is image analysis. DeepSeek tested the model’s ability to process visual content using four different benchmarks. It scored more than 10% higher on two of the tests.
