Models/benchmark/2026-10-23

ISTA-DASLab releases GSQ-RCO GGUF for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, with performance comparison

ISTA-DASLab has released GSQ-RCO GGUF versions of the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 model, as announced by the developers on r/LocalLLaMA. This release includes a 2.25 bits per weight (bpw) variant, which has been subsequently compared against the official DeepSeek API to evaluate its performance.

3 articles from 1 outlet covered this story. The underlying claim is sourced from a benchmark.

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1 outlet covered “ISTA-DASLab releases GSQ-RCO GGUF for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, with performance…”. All of them report the following:

  • ISTA-DASLab released GSQ-RCO GGUFs
  • The GGUFs are for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
  • A 2.25 bits per weight (bpw) GGUF version was released
  • The GGUF was compared against the official API

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