DeepSeek Flash First Look: Rivals Sonnet at 1/6 the Cost
bindureddy · x · 2026-08-01
Developer bindureddy shared initial testing impressions of the DeepSeek Flash model. He stated that the model's performance is mind-blowing, with capabilities for real-world tasks approaching the level of Claude 3.5 Sonnet, but at a cost that is about 6 times cheaper, offering extremely high price-to-performance ratio.
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