New Deepseek Flash model matches OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna at roughly 60 percent lower cost

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Deepseek's budget model V4 Flash gets a major boost with the "0731" update, jumping ten points to 50 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

That puts it just one point behind OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna, at roughly 60 percent lower cost per task.

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