🤖 DeepSeek's new Flash model beats its own Pro, and it's cheaper
V4.1 Flash launches September 10. It outperforms V4 Pro on every metric: speed, cost, task completion. And until V4.1 Pro drops, Pro requests quietly reroute to Flash, billed at Flash prices.
Output is $0.60/M off-peak. Half what you'd pay elsewhere.
Chinese lab. Faster cadence. Lower prices. US incumbents are not having a great year.
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