Design Arena projects DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 at #3 among open-weight models
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Design Arena projects that DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 will rank #3 among open-weight models on its Website leaderboard, according to a post on the platform's X account.
The projection places the model 16 positions above its predecessor, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731.
According to the post, the model trails only Kimi K3 and MiMo-V2.6-Pro, and is projected to finish ahead of GLM-5.3 and Ling-3.1-flash. The ranking is a projection, not a final leaderboard result, and the post does not describe the testing method.
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DesignArena@DesignArenaOfficialDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 projected to rank #3 among open-weight modelsAIDesign Arena projects DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 to rank #3 among open-weight models on its Website leaderboard, a 16-position jump past DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731. It trails only Kimi K3 and MiMo-V2.6-Pro, and is projected to finish ahead of GLM-5.3 and Ling-3.1-flash.

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