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DeepSeek-V4 Flash 0731 vs GPT-5.6 Luna on DeepSWE: Cost and Coding

Terms in this piece · Glossary

AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.

Why it matters

The quality-per-dollar gap is the actual decision anyone routing a coding has to make, and this puts numbers on both sides of it.

Transcript

We ran 900 DeepSWE rollouts on DeepSeek-V4 Flash and GPT-5.6 Luna. Luna leads pass@1 by 14 points; DeepSeek delivers 4.8x the solves per dollar.