LOADING COMPARISON
GROUNDED IN REAL HUMAN CONVERSATIONSYOUR BENCH
HEAD TO HEAD
DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Step 3 vs Qwen3.8 Flash
Community vibe score against API price per 1M tokens. Up and left wins: loved and cheap.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
DeepSeek V4 Flash
LOVE
People feel it is worth the money
COMPLAINT
Outages, errors, or limits get in the way
Step 3
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
People find it expensive
Qwen3.8 Flash
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Refuses or lectures more than people like
VALUE FOR MONEY
NOT ON THE CHART (NO PUBLIC API PRICE):Step 3STILL IN THE TABLE BELOW. THE CHART ONLY PLOTS MODELS WITH A KNOWN PRICE PER 1M TOKENS.
| Metric | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VIBE SCORE | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| VOICES | 6,414 | 1,189 | 5,995 |
| RANK | #11 | #26 | #4 |
| CATEGORY | Text | Text | Multimodal |
| OPEN/CLOSED | OPEN WEIGHTS | OPEN WEIGHTS | OPEN WEIGHTS |
| PRICE IN (per 1M) | $0.065 / 1M | N/A | $0.15 / 1M |
| PRICE OUT (per 1M) | $0.18 / 1M | N/A | $0.47 / 1M |
| THE CROWD LOVES | People feel it is worth the money | Popular for coding help | Popular for coding help |
| THE CROWD GRUMBLES | Outages, errors, or limits get in the way | People find it expensive | Refuses or lectures more than people like |
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