DeepSeek cost anomaly: 50x concurrent pricing could break all curves
xeophon · x · 2026-07-31
Addressing concerns about abnormally high cache write costs for the new DeepSeek model, a developer speculated that the token usage matches the previous version, suggesting a billing error.
They further guessed that if v4 flash is actually priced at 50 requests for $0.02, this billing model would completely break existing cost-performance benchmark curves.
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