DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads llmrun Score 134.4 to 87.1; neither fits 24 GB.
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Model A · DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017763.2B · 16B active · 1M context · MIT · Oct 2026
Model B · Meta
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct401.6B · 17B active · Other · Apr 2025
Choose DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 if you want…
Higher llmrun Score
134.4 vs 87.1
Stronger at coding
135.1 vs 80.9
Stronger at reasoning
137.1 vs 85.5
Ahead on the benchmarks
7 of 7 shared boards
More permissive license
MIT vs Other
Newer release
Oct 2026 vs Apr 2025
Choose Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct if you want…
Lighter on memory
265.1 vs 458.3 GB at Q4_K_M
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 210.4 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Coding
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Agents
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
no data
Math
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
no data
Science
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Reasoning
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · #2 of 106 open models · #1 of 102 that fit ≤512 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct · #78 of 106 open models · #74 of 102 that fit ≤512 GB
Benchmarks
7 shared boards: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads 7, Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct leads 0 · Benchmarks imported Nov 2026
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
93.2%#1/100 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
67.0%#38/100 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2025
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
99.4%#1/88 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
20.6%#56/88 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2025
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
78.1%#1/22 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
0.0%#20/22 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2025
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
55.9%#7/72 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
31.7%#57/72 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2025
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
94.5%#2/22 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
4.4%#21/22 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Apr 2025
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
1622.0#2/48 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
173.0#48/48 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2025
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
24.0%#3/84 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
0.0%#67/84 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2025
26 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
Only DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (16)
- FrontierMath71.2%
- LMArena WebDev1665.0
- SimpleQA42.5%
- FrontierMath Tier 446.3%
- APEX-Agents69.8%
- Chess Puzzles46.0%
- LiveBench 2026 Reasoning89.1
- Mystery Game Puzzles49.0%
- LiveBench 2026 Browser76.0
- LiveBench 2026 Data Analysis79.5
- CursorBench47.7%
- LiveBench 2026 Coding96.0
- LiveBench 2026 Long-Horizon50.9
- LiveBench 2026 Design83.4
- WeirdML v39.2%
- LiveBench 2026 Research79.5
Only Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct (10)
- LMArena Text1327.0
- Humanity's Last Exam5.7%
- MMLU-Pro80.5%
- Aider Polyglot15.6%
- SimpleBench27.7%
- MATH Level 573.0%
- WeirdML24.5%
- DTBench61.9%
- Fiction.LiveBench46.2%
- LMCA15.9%
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
325 GB264.5 GB file
32K 325 GB · 128K 326 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
188 GB145.6 GB file
32K 204 GB · 128K 257 GB
Q3_K_S
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
not listed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
193 GB172.7 GB file
32K 210 GB · 128K 262 GB
Q3_K_M
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
372 GB347.3 GB file
32K 373 GB · 128K 374 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
215 GB191.1 GB file
32K 232 GB · 128K 284 GB
Q4_0
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
not listed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
221 GB226.8 GB file
32K 237 GB · 128K 290 GB
Q4_K_M
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
458 GB444.7 GB file
32K 459 GB · 128K 460 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
265 GB242.8 GB file
32K 282 GB · 128K 334 GB
Q5_K_M
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
544 GB~543.8 GB file
32K 545 GB · 128K 546 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
315 GB284.5 GB file
32K 331 GB · 128K 384 GB
Q6_K
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
630 GB~629.6 GB file
32K 630 GB · 128K 632 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
364 GB328.8 GB file
32K 381 GB · 128K 434 GB
Q8_0
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
764 GB~763.2 GB file
32K 764 GB · 128K 765 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
442 GB425.8 GB file
32K 458 GB · 128K 511 GB
11 more quants
IQ2_XXS
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
210 GB300.5 GB file
32K 211 GB · 128K 212 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
121 GB135.2 GB file
32K 138 GB · 128K 191 GB
IQ2_XS
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
229 GB~229.0 GB file
32K 230 GB · 128K 231 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
not listed
IQ2_M
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
not listed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
149 GB141.2 GB file
32K 166 GB · 128K 218 GB
IQ3_XXS
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
296 GB394.7 GB file
32K 296 GB · 128K 298 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
171 GB169.3 GB file
32K 188 GB · 128K 240 GB
IQ3_S
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
325 GB423.6 GB file
32K 325 GB · 128K 326 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
not listed
IQ4_XS
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
not listed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
237 GB214.3 GB file
32K 254 GB · 128K 307 GB
IQ4_NL
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
not listed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
248 GB225.8 GB file
32K 265 GB · 128K 318 GB
Q4_1
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
not listed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
248 GB250.7 GB file
32K 265 GB · 128K 318 GB
Q4_K_S
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
not listed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
248 GB227.8 GB file
32K 265 GB · 128K 318 GB
Q5_K_S
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
not listed
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
304 GB275.7 GB file
32K 320 GB · 128K 373 GB
BF16
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
1527 GB~1526.4 GB file
32K 1527 GB · 128K 1528 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
883 GB801.5 GB file
32K 900 GB · 128K 953 GB
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/mrfakename/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-GGUF:Q4_K_MLlama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | DeepSeek | Meta |
| Parameters | 763.2B | 401.6B |
| Active parameters | 16B per token | 17B per token |
| Architecture | DeepseekV41ForCausalLM | — |
| Context | 1M tokens | — |
| Modalities | Vision | Vision |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Released | Oct 2026 | Apr 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads llmrun Score 134.4 to 87.1; neither fits 24 GB. Choose DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 for higher llmrun Score and stronger at coding; choose Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct for lighter on memory.
Which needs less VRAM, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct?
At Q4_K_M, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 requires 458.3 GB while Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct needs 265.1 GB, making Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct on a 16 GB GPU?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 does not fit (smallest quant needs 210.4 GB); Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct does not fit (smallest quant needs 129.2 GB).