DeepSeek V4 Max Completes Challenge with Just $23 Cost
burny_tech · x · 2026-08-16
Developer DHH shared benchmark results for DeepSeek Pro V4 Max on a coding challenge. Although it took longer at 2.5 hours, the total token spend was only $23. In comparison, Fable took 45 minutes and cost $550, while Grok 4.6 took 1.5 hours costing $55. DSV4 Flash and GPT Luna failed to complete the task.
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