GPT 6.1 Sol Ultra vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 90% cheaper with impressive quality
In a same-task comparison with similar runtime (mostly rendering), DeepSeek's full test cost just 0.44 cents, and the author credits free web search and native multimodality for its edge.
GPT 6.1 Sol Ultra vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Max, I still can't believe a model that's 90% cheaper can produce results this good, how is this even possible? Both models took roughly the same amount of time since most of it was spent rendering, but the quality DeepSeek managed to achieve is incredible, especially considering the API cost was just 0.44 cents for the entire test! I think having access to free web search is making a huge difference and giving DeepSeek a much bigger advantage than before, especially with its native multimodal capabilities. The more I test this model, the more I wonder how they're managing to offer so much at such a low price, I'm still running even bigger tests with different models to see how far it can go, more results coming soon!