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Qwen 3.7 Max leads 5/6 coding benchmarks including SWE-bench Pro (60.6% vs 55.4%). But DeepSeek V4 Pro dominates algorithmic coding (LiveCodeBench 93.5%, Codeforces 3206), is MIT-licensed and self-hostable, and costs 2.2× less ($3.48 vs $7.50/1M). Proprietary agent powerhouse vs open-weight algorithmic specialist.
DeepSeek V4 Flash costs $0.28/1M output — that's 89× cheaper than GPT-5.5. 126.7 tok/s on Artificial Analysis. 337.3 char/s on CodingFleet. 91.6% LiveCodeBench. 79.0% SWE-bench Verified. MIT license. 1M context. The complete review of the model that makes high-volume AI coding free.
Gemini 3.5 Flash ($9/1M, 76.2% Terminal-Bench, 4× faster) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro ($0.87/1M, 93.5% LiveCodeBench). 10× price gap. Flash wins on agent speed — DeepSeek on algorithms and value. Which fits your workflow?
Claude Opus 4.8 (69.2% SWE-bench Pro, $25/1M) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (55.4%, $0.87/1M). The coding king leads by 13.8 points — but DeepSeek wins LiveCodeBench (93.5%) and Terminal-Bench. Is the 28.7× premium worth it?
GPT-5.5 costs $30/1M output. DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $0.87. That's 34× cheaper — but the SWE-bench Pro gap is just 3.2 points (58.6% vs 55.4%). On LiveCodeBench, DeepSeek leads at 93.5%. When does GPT-5.5 justify its premium? Full data-driven coding comparison.
17 budget AI coding models ranked by output price ($0.28–$5.00/1M), SWE-bench Pro scores, and real-world CodingFleet speed. DeepSeek V4 Flash cheapest ($0.28). MiniMax M3 best open-weight (59.0% Pro). GPT-5.4 Mini fastest (439.8 char/s). Complete value-per-dollar analysis.
MiniMax M3 (59.0% SWE-bench Pro) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (93.5% LiveCodeBench). M3 wins benchmarks + multimodality. DeepSeek wins price ($0.87/1M), ecosystem (2,150× more adoption), and algorithmic dominance. The generalist vs the specialist — which open-weight Chinese model fits your stack?
Claude Fable 5 now leads ORM queries & DB administration (80.3% Pro, 88.0% Terminal-Bench). Gemini still leads text-to-SQL. Updated June 9, 2026.
From 33.4% Verified to 93.9% — Fable 5 breaks 90%. GPT-5.5's 47-day Terminal-Bench reign ends. Track 27 months of AI coding progress with new charts. Updated June 9, 2026.
A heavy AI coding user burning 200M output tokens/month on GPT-5.5 pays $6,000/month. The same workload on DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $174. The benchmarks gap? 3.2 points on SWE-bench Pro. Here's how to build a coding stack that gives you 95% of flagship performance for 3% of the cost.
Claude Fable 5 is the new #1 for game development (80.3% Pro, 88.0% Terminal-Bench, 85.0% OSWorld). Unity C#, Godot, Roblox, Unreal C++ — updated June 9, 2026.
Claude Fable 5 is the new Python coding king (80.3% SWE-bench Pro). Updated June 9, 2026 with full Fable 5 benchmarks.