DeepSeek 4.1-1017 AI Model Rivals Opus 5 with 1M Token Context
DeepSeek 4.1-1017 matches Opus 5, excels in 3D, coding, agents, visual tasks, offers a 1M‑token window, cheap pricing, and is available via app, web and API.
Chinese have released DeepSeek 4.1-1017, which is practically on par with Opus 5.
This is a significant leap compared to DeepSeek 4.1 Flash. The new model handles 3D, programming, agent tasks, and visual information processing better.
Terminal-Bench: 42,8
Best result (SOTA) in DeepSWE
Significantly outperforms all Chinese models while remaining very cheap
Executes tasks faster and generates shorter responses
Prior API pricing and a context window of 1 million tokens
The model is already available in the DeepSeek app, web version, and via API. The weights are also .
Buy two DGX Spark and run this small one locally. China is back in the game!
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