DeepSeek v4 Pro Eval Sparks Debate: Cherry-picked Benchmarks Obscure True Power
kristoph · x · 2026-08-13
A user compared DeepSeek v4 Pro and Grok 4.6, noting that DeepSeek costs about 1/7th of Grok. However, a reply criticized AI labs for cherry-picking benchmarks, making it impossible to tell how good DeepSeek v4 Pro actually is compared to Grok 4.6.
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