DeepSeek beats Opus in blind Blender benchmark at fraction of cost

A developer benchmarked five frontier models on rebuilding an Adidas running shoe in headless Blender from product photos. DeepSeek V4.1-Flash won at $0.23 versus Opus's $33, while transparently listing 9 unreproduced details.

2026-10-18 ~ 2026-10-18 · 3 related posts

• 5-model blind test: DeepSeek builds Adidas shoe site for $0.23 vs Opus 5.5's $33 — cedric_chee · 2026-10-18
• Five frontier models tested: rebuilding Adidas Adizero in headless Blender plus a product page — cedric_chee · 2026-10-18
• DeepSeek V4.1-Flash rebuilds an Adidas shoe in Blender — and honestly lists 9 mismatches vs the reference — cedric_chee · 2026-10-18