Agent runs 12.3M tokens for just $0.14 in real-world test

A developer's agent session with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Max burned 12.3M tokens over 27 minutes for just $0.14 with a 99.6% cache hit rate, and the model later admitted in its reasoning that 3 of 4 full re-renders were unnecessary.

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

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