DeepSeek V4-Flash Reportedly Achieves Same Benchmark at 105x Lower Cost
AravSrinivas · x · 2026-08-02
According to Artificial Analysis data, DeepSeek V4-Flash completes the same benchmark tasks at 105x lower total cost compared to Fable 5.
Developer Arav Srinivas noted that a two-order-of-magnitude improvement is extremely rare. He called the Flash release DeepSeek's "2.0 moment," predicting it will cause a huge stir in the AI industry.
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