DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis
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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 offers strong performance at roughly one-third the cost of OpenAI Luna Max effort.
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What commenters are saying
Several commenters compare DeepSeek V4 Flash to OpenAI Luna on cost and speed. One notes DeepSeek is about 2-3x cheaper than Luna Max effort but 2-5x slower. Others praise its cost-effectiveness for coding tasks, with one developer saying it allows a generous free tier for their app. A few discuss censorship, with claims that Western models censor differently than Chinese ones. Some express anticipation for an updated DeepSeek V4 Pro with improved performance. A comment provides a speed benchmark of 93 TPS on OpenRouter.