DeepSeek Ranks #3 in Open-Weights, Costing Only 3% of Peers
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-02
According to Vals AI evaluation data, DeepSeek (version 0731) ranks as the #3 open-weight model. Beyond its strong performance, it is extremely cost-efficient at just 6 cents per test—approximately 3% of the price of comparable models like GLM 5.2 and Kimi k3. Commenters note it is 14 times cheaper and 50% faster than V4-Pro, representing a distinct competitive regime among Chinese AI labs.
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