Mid-Tier Models Are Now Good Enough for Most Tasks
intellectronica · x · 2026-08-21
The focus is shifting from raw intelligence to optimizing for speed and cost, as mid-tier models are now sufficiently powerful for most tasks. The author uses DeepSeek Flash, GPT Luna, and Gemini Flash for almost all work, reserving Sol, Grok, and GLM for special cases. One user highlighted that DeepSeek V4 Flash costs less than one-twentieth of Grok-4.6 for the same problem class, making it a highly tempting substitution despite being slightly weaker.
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