vLLM Matches DeepInfer on DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Decode
An open-source inference stack catching up with a frontier lab's in-house engine means teams can serve DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash without relying on the vendor's own tooling. Engineers running self-hosted deployments in Singapore or ASEAN data centres can benchmark vLLM at DEP32 as a direct alternative to DeepInfer's EP64DP64 setup, avoiding engine lock-in while keeping comparable throughput at large batch sizes.
The vLLM project reports that it matches DeepInfer, DeepSeek's own serving engine for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, on DeepSeek's decode configuration. The results hold across batch sizes 8 to 256, tested at DEP32 against DeepInfer's EP64DP64. DeepInfer was originally built on vLLM. By integrating DeepSeek's open-source kernels and optimising prefill and decode, vLLM closed the performance gap.
vLLM matches DeepInfer, DeepSeek's own engine for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, on DeepSeek's decode configuration across batch sizes 8 to 256, and does it at DEP32 against DeepInfer’s EP64DP64.
DeepInfer was originally built on vLLM. By integrating DeepSeek's open-source kernels and extensively optimizing prefill and decode, vLLM now matches DeepInfer's performance curves.