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DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp

Provided by DeepSeek
Pay-as-you-go

DeepSeek, adding image understanding while matching the base model on text capabilities including agents, reasoning, and world knowledge. It is a sparse mixture-of-experts model with 13B active parameters out of 284B total. It is suited for document and chart understanding, visual question answering, and multimodal agent workflows that interleave text and images.

Model specs

Model ID
deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp
Context length
1M
Max output
384K
I/O modalities
Released
2026-08

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API endpoints

One MixRoute gateway, OpenAI-compatible

  • OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions POST

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Pricing

Flat rate, unit: /1M Tokens

Input

$0.4400 /1M Tokens

Completion

$1.3200 /1M Tokens

Cache read

$0.0140 /1M Tokens

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Selection summary

Quickly judge whether it fits your workload

What is this model good for?

Flagship model for complex reasoning and agentic workflows

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp: Today, the new multimodal vision understanding model DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp is now available on the DeepSeek API platform. This is an experimental model that can be accessed . 1,000,000-token context.

What should you check before using it?

1,000,000 context, 384,000 output, text

Deepseek model. Supports tool calling and structured outputs.

Why use it through MixRoute?

Drop-in via OpenAI-compatible endpoint on MixRoute

Set the model parameter to "deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp" and use your MixRoute API key.

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Capabilities & compatibility

Unconfirmed capabilities stay "Unknown," no guesses

Available:

Tool calling

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp supports function and tool calls.

EX Send a tools definition; the response returns tool_calls to execute and feed results back.
Available:

Structured output

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp can produce JSON-formatted output on demand.

EX response_format: { type: "json_schema" } forces valid JSON output.
Available:

Streaming

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp supports streamed responses.

EX stream: true streams tokens incrementally, so chat UIs render as they arrive.
Available:

Prompt caching

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp supports prompt caching under supported routing conditions.

EX Keep the system prompt and tool definitions at the start of the request; repeated prefixes are automatically billed at the cache-read rate.
Available:

Vision input

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp can process image inputs alongside text.

EX Pass a base64-encoded image in a image_url content part alongside text messages.
Available:

OpenAI SDK

Call DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp through MixRoute's OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

EX Change base_url to https://api.mixroute.ai/v1; everything else follows the OpenAI style.

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Token cost estimator

Live estimate from this page's pricing, not an actual bill

Share of the same prefix read repeatedly, up to 100%

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FAQ

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp: DeepSeek, adding image understanding while matching the base model on text capabilities including agents, reasoning, and world knowledge. It is a sparse mixture-of-experts model with 13B active parameters out of 284B total.

One endpoint, a testable decision

Test this model and alternate routes with the same request format

Start from a real workload, then let quality, total cost, and failure conditions decide whether to send production traffic.

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