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DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp vs MiniCPM-SALA

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp leads the LLM Stats Score 48.5 to 12.7.

DeepSeek · OpenBMB · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp leads the overall LLM Stats Score 48.5 to 12.7, ranking #17 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp

  • overall performance matters — it scores 48.5 and ranks #17 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose MiniCPM-SALA

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp
DeepSeek
MiniCPM-SALA
OpenBMB
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
48.5
#17
12.7
#230
Reasoning
45.0
#29
14.2
#214
Coding
38.5
#18
21.1
#80
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.22 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.66 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

7 reported for DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp · 24 for MiniCPM-SALA

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp and MiniCPM-SALAdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp specifies output context (393,216 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output393,216 tokens
OpenBMB
MiniCPM-SALA
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Aug 28 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniCPM-SALA does not.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiniCPM-SALA

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp was released on 2026-08-21, while MiniCPM-SALA was released on 2026-02-11.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp is 6 months newer than MiniCPM-SALA.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp

Aug 21, 2026

1 weeks ago

6mo newer
MiniCPM-SALA

Feb 11, 2026

6 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp and MiniCPM-SALA side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp vs MiniCPM-SALA.

Which is better, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp or MiniCPM-SALA?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp leads the LLM Stats Score 48.5 to 12.7. DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp is made by DeepSeek and MiniCPM-SALA is made by OpenBMB. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp compare to MiniCPM-SALA in benchmarks?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp scores Terminal-Bench 2.1: 83.9%, DSBench-Hard: 63.6%, DeepSWE: 59.3%, NL2Repo: 57.7%, ZEROBench: 35.0%. MiniCPM-SALA scores HumanEval: 95.1%, RULER 64k: 92.7%, RULER 128k: 89.4%, MBPP: 89.1%, RULER 512K: 87.1%.

What are the context window sizes for DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp and MiniCPM-SALA?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp supports 1.0M tokens and MiniCPM-SALA supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp and MiniCPM-SALA?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (48.5 vs 12.7), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Unknown vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp and MiniCPM-SALA?

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp is developed by DeepSeek and MiniCPM-SALA is developed by OpenBMB.

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