DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs Gemini 3.5 Flash
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 DeepSeek-V4-FlashDeepSeek |  Gemini 3.5 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | DeepSeek | |
| Family | DeepSeek | Gemini |
| Release date | 2026-04-22 | 2026-05-20 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | — |
| Parameters | 284B (13B active) | — |
| Modality | text | text, vision, audio |
| License | MIT | proprietary |
| Source | open weights | proprietary |
| Description | Smaller, faster sibling to DeepSeek-V4-Pro. Same 1M context window with a much lighter 284B / 13B-active MoE. | Fast, low-cost tier of the Gemini 3.5 family announced at Google I/O 2026. June 2026 update added native computer-use capability, moving Flash from generation to agentic task execution. |
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