Dev Claims DeepSeek v4 flash Delivers Massive Efficiency Gains Over GPT at Half the Cost
oran_ge · x · 2026-08-06
A developer recently shared their experience with the DeepSeek model (jokingly referred to as v4 flash), calling it an industry turning point.
According to the quoted context, the developer noted that their daily token spend on mainstream models (like GPT-5.6 Sol and Opus 5) frequently exceeded 1 billion, yet work efficiency remained low due to slow responses and overthinking. After heavily using DeepSeek flash v4 0731, they consumed just over a billion tokens to complete the workload that would normally require several billion tokens from other models, cutting the time by more than half. They believe this extreme efficiency boost is not yet fully priced in by the market.
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