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DeepSeek V4 Flash 180B
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by DeepSeek
OPEN WEIGHTSLOCALCHINA-MADECODING HELPWRITING HELP
RANKED #31 OF 228 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #54 OF 6,618 · VIBE SCORE 6.6 · 513 VOICES
A large text model designed to assist with programming and daily writing tasks.
HAPPY9.5
24 mentions
SAD5.5
10 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 885 voices
TOO QUIET
Not enough weekly voices to call a trend yet.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download DeepSeek V4 Flash 180B once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
180B parameters, a Q2 GGUF file is about 53.5 GB, while a W4A16 file is about 97 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Dual RTX 3090 (48 GB VRAM) + 128 GB DDR5 RAM
48 GB VRAM + 128 GB SYSTEM RAM
~$1800 USEDQ2 GGUF, ~12 tok/s, 128k context with offloading
- SWEET SPOT
Mac Studio M2 Ultra (192 GB Unified Memory)
192 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$4500 USEDQ4 GGUF, ~15 tok/s, 200k context
- FULL POWER
DGX Spark (128 GB)
128 GB HIGH-BANDWIDTH MEMORY
~$4000 STREET PRICEFP4/W4A16, ~24 tok/s, 200k context with MTP2 speculative decoding
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN DEEPSEEK V4 FLASH 180B?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long DeepSeek V4 Flash 180B takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMDual RTX 3090 (48 GB VRAM) + 128 GB DDR5 RAM | SWEET SPOTMac Studio M2 Ultra (192 GB Unified Memory) | FULL POWERDGX Spark (128 GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~42 S★★★★★ | ~33 S★★★★★ | ~21 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~2.1 MIN★★★★★ | ~1.7 MIN★★★★★ | ~63 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~11 MIN★★★★★ | ~8.9 MIN★★★★★ | ~5.6 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~35 MIN★★★★★ | ~28 MIN★★★★★ | ~17 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~21 MIN★★★★★ | ~17 MIN★★★★★ | ~10 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users find DeepSeek V4 Flash 180B popular for coding help and feel it is worth the money, though some complain that it is expensive.
280 POSTS · 233 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · X · LEMMY · DEV FORUMS · GITHUB
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (5 mentions)
- Popular for coding help (4 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- People find it expensive (1 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PricePEOPLE LOVE THIS
5 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Help with codePEOPLE LOVE THIS
4 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for DeepSeek V4 Flash 180B.
GLM 5.3> SOURCES (12)
- X · 2026-08-15 · 918 UPVOTESGrok 4.6 ranks #1 on RuntimeWire’s Newsroom Reliability v0.2 benchmark with a score of 0.79, beating GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude
Grok 4.6 ranks #1 on RuntimeWire’s Newsroom Reliability v0.2 benchmark with a score of 0.79, beating GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude
- X · 2026-08-15 · 392 UPVOTESbro DeepSeek harness just passed 110K stars in 2 days. > cool bro. I heard it's all plugins. > yeah it's grea
bro DeepSeek harness just passed 110K stars in 2 days. > cool bro. I heard it's all plugins. > yeah it's grea
- X · 2026-08-15 · 317 UPVOTESDeepSeek Harness got 114k stars on @github within 3 days. Last time something like this happened was OpenClaw got 100k i
DeepSeek Harness got 114k stars on @github within 3 days. Last time something like this happened was OpenClaw got 100k i
- X · 2026-08-15 · 243 UPVOTESBeat DeepSeek prices? We have been working with several providers for a week. soon we may be able to figure something ou
Beat DeepSeek prices? We have been working with several providers for a week. soon we may be able to figure something ou
- X · 2026-08-15 · 220 UPVOTESGive DeepSeek Harness a try, it FUCKING ROCKS. Bonus: You don't need deepseek's API keys, you can use any model from any
Give DeepSeek Harness a try, it FUCKING ROCKS. Bonus: You don't need deepseek's API keys, you can use any model from any
- X · 2026-08-15 · 176 UPVOTES@Akashi203 i'm a bit confused. we're in the market for this and the largest buyer of deepseek flash in the world but isn
@Akashi203 i'm a bit confused. we're in the market for this and the largest buyer of deepseek flash in the world but isn
- REDDIT · 2026-08-15 · 152 UPVOTESChinese people on this sub, what are the chinese talking about in your own forums and social media about DeepSeek price increase?
Chinese people on this sub, what are the chinese talking about in your own forums and social media about DeepSeek price increase?
- X · 2026-08-15 · 142 UPVOTESyour AI coding stack can now cost $0/month. GPT 5.6 Luna → free DeepSeek Flash → free coding agent → free 400k context →
your AI coding stack can now cost $0/month. GPT 5.6 Luna → free DeepSeek Flash → free coding agent → free 400k context →
- X · 2026-08-15 · 135 UPVOTES$BABA is a long AliCloud + Qwen + equity investments in Moonshot, Zhipu, DeepSeek and MiniMax. It’s hard to see a way $B
$BABA is a long AliCloud + Qwen + equity investments in Moonshot, Zhipu, DeepSeek and MiniMax. It’s hard to see a way $B
- X · 2026-08-15 · 109 UPVOTESI replaced my $200/mo chatgpt with this $10/mo setup the setup: opencode go ($10/mo) + deepseek harness ($0/mo) deepseek
I replaced my $200/mo chatgpt with this $10/mo setup the setup: opencode go ($10/mo) + deepseek harness ($0/mo) deepseek
- X · 2026-08-15 · 104 UPVOTESSo I ran /install-anti-slop on the DeepSeek Harness (DSH) and this is what I got: 14,940 across 1,419 files Looks like I
So I ran /install-anti-slop on the DeepSeek Harness (DSH) and this is what I got: 14,940 across 1,419 files Looks like I
- X · 2026-08-15 · 98 UPVOTESDeepSeek Harness on GitHub is beyond 100K stars already 👀
DeepSeek Harness on GitHub is beyond 100K stars already 👀