Particle-1 Matches DeepSeek V4.1 Flash With 42% Fewer Tokens
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-10-29
Particle-1 ranks #2 for efficiency on the Parallel Search Capability Leaderboard: it matches its base model, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, on web research with Parallel Search (69.2 vs 68.9) while using 42% fewer output tokens. Suhail said he's excited to see independent validation on real-world tasks the model couldn't have trained on.
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