Cursor adds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: all four effort levels sit on the CursorBench 4.0 cost frontier, with Max scoring 47.7% at $0.98 per task
Cursor announced on Oct 26 (UTC) that DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is now available in Cursor and can be turned on under Cursor Settings > Models. Cursor says every effort level sits on the CursorBench cost frontier, from $0.60 to $0.98 per task, with no model scoring higher at those prices. The official CursorBench 4.0 leaderboard lists DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 at 47.7% on Max ($0.98 per task), 46.3% on Medium ($0.80), 45.6% on High ($0.77) and 44.9% on Low ($0.60). The top score on the board, Opus 5.5 Max, is 57.8% but costs $13.43 per task.
Key Takeaways
- Four effort levels on the official CursorBench 4.0 board: Max 47.7% at $0.98, Medium 46.3% at $0.80, High 45.6% at $0.77, Low 44.9% at $0.60; Max ranks 17th overall
- Value: Max at 47.7% nearly ties Sonnet 5.5 High (47.8%, $1.20) for about 18% less; Opus 5.5 Max scores about 10 points higher but costs $13.43 per task, roughly 13.7x more
- Nearest rivals on price: Haiku 5.5 Max at 48.4% for $1.12 and Haiku 5.5 Extra High at 44.3% for $0.56, bracketing DeepSeek's price range
- The trade-off is tokens and steps: Max averages about 537K tokens and 187 steps per task, versus about 37K tokens and 41 steps for Sonnet 5.5 High, so expect longer runs
- Turn it on under Cursor Settings > Models; a counterintuitive detail is that Medium (46.3%) scores slightly above High (45.6%) for only $0.03 more
Linked Models & Agents:
⚡ DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017⚡ DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash⚡ Claude Opus 5.5⚡ Claude Sonnet 5.5⚡ Claude Haiku 5.5🤖 Cursor🌐 Cursor🌐 DeepSeek
