DeepSeek V4-Flash Rivals Fable 5: The AI War Shifts to Intelligence-Per-Dollar
mustafamhus · x · 2026-08-02
The author points out that in the Terminal-Bench 2.1 evaluation, DeepSeek V4-Flash (82.7) and Fable 5 (80.5) deliver near-identical performance, but with radically different economics. The author advises CFOs and CEOs to look beyond price per token and focus on price per outcome. The core of the AI war is shifting from pure intelligence to intelligence-per-dollar.
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