SGA research firm reports that DeepSeek's new V4-Flash AI model is significantly cheaper to operate than major competitors like Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol. The model costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens, making it up to 100 times cheaper than Claude Fable 5. This comes as DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, continues to challenge both domestic and international AI leaders by offering cost-effective solutions. The V4-Flash model scores 50 on an intelligence index, matching Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash but trailing some competitors. DeepSeek is also developing a more advanced version, V4-Pro, while Alibaba recently announced its own powerful AI model, Qwen3.8-Max.
Bias read (Center): The article presents factual comparisons between AI models without overtly favoring any particular region or ideology. While it highlights China's advancements in AI, it does not frame these developments as inherently superior or inferior to Western counterparts. The focus remains on technical and成本
