[DeepSeek-V4-Flash: Single Task Costs Around 3 Cents, Leading the Frontier of Model Cost-Effectiveness] According to monitoring by Beating Insights, the latest evaluation by Artificial Analysis shows that the official version of DeepSeek-V4-Flash has achieved an intelligence index of approximately 50 points. Based on the official DeepSeek API and a cache hit rate of about 99%, the average cost per task is approximately $0.03. This places it on the "Pareto frontier" of intelligence and cost: among all tested models, it is nearly impossible to find one that is both more powerful and cheaper. Achieving higher capabilities typically results in significantly higher costs, while lowering the price further leads to a drop in model performance. DeepSeek-V4-Flash is currently positioned at the most cost-effective intersection of the two. [Original Link]