DeepSeek Flash Impressions: Great Small Model but Benchmark-Maxxed
bindureddy · x · 2026-08-02
The author shared their hands-on experience with the DeepSeek Flash model, noting it is a very good small model but appears to be "benchmark-maxxed." The model competes primarily with GPT-Luna. The author also expressed hope that the upcoming DeepSeek v4 will be more comparable to K3.
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