https://tao-hpu.medium.com/deepseeks-model1-leak-reveals-v4-s-architectural-blueprint-28e2bdcc7f37
V4 Timeline Targets February 2026 with Coding Dominance
According to The Information, DeepSeek V4 is expected around mid-February 2026, coinciding with the Lunar New Year, mirroring the successful R1 release timing exactly one year prior [11]. Internal benchmarks reportedly show V4 outperforming Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o on coding tasks [11], potentially challenging Claude Opus 4.5’s 80.9% SWE-bench Verified record [10].
The strategic shift from R1’s “pure reasoning” focus to V4’s “applied engineering” emphasis makes architectural sense: Engram’s ability to offload static knowledge retrieval frees computational depth for complex code reasoning, while its long-context improvements (97% vs. 84% on Multi-Query NIAH) enable repository-level understanding [1].
