DeepSeek Flash trails Grok 4.5 and Muse Spark in practice, not frontier-tier
bindureddy · x · 2026-08-04
DeepSeek Flash is being overhyped on X, but this post argues it is still clearly behind Grok 4.5 and Muse Spark in practice.
- The attached benchmark table shows DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 sitting below the top frontier models on overall score.
- The author’s point is that it looks like a strong small model that benchmarks well, not a frontier model.
- The post pushes back on the idea that it belongs in the same class as the current top-tier systems.
More from Models
- A user says DeepSeek cost 7 cents and beat GPT-5.6 Sol on the same task — yacineMTB · 2026-08-04
- Poster says DeepSeek outperformed GPT-5.6 Sol on this output — yacineMTB · 2026-08-04
- Kimi and GLM 5.2 pricing keeps falling as models port across hardware platforms — markjeffrey · 2026-08-04
- OpenAI Reveals How It Built Its Realtime Voice AI System in Just 6 Months — borowcy · 2026-08-04
- Frontier models still fail basic PDE solvers, benchmark post says — GaryMarcus · 2026-08-04
- DeepSeek V4 Flash beats Qwen 3.8 Max and GLM 5.2 on coding benchmarks — airesearch12 · 2026-08-04