https://www.solosoft.dev/tags/vision-api/Recent content in Vision API on SoloSoftHugoen-usThu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/deepseek-vision-api-guide/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/deepseek-vision-api-guide/<h1 id="deepseek-vision-api-the-022m-token-vision-model-that-uses-10x-less-kv-cache">DeepSeek Vision API: The $0.22/M-Token Vision Model That Uses 10x Less KV Cache</h1> <p>DeepSeek quietly added eyes to its cheapest model line. <strong>deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp</strong> — the experimental multimodal version of V4-Flash — accepts images, screenshots, charts, and video frames at <strong>V4-Flash prices</strong>: $0.22 per million input tokens, with every image capped at <strong>384 tokens</strong> no matter how big it is.</p> <p>The architecture makes it even more interesting: a custom vision transformer that squeezes a 756×756 image into just <strong>81 KV cache entries</strong> — roughly <strong>10x fewer</strong> than Claude Sonnet 4.6 (~870) or Gemini Flash 3 (~1,000). At scale, that&rsquo;s a 10x infrastructure cost difference before you even look at the price list.</p>