Claude Opus 5 charged 20x more than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and delivered a white screen.
$0.59 vs $0.03. Same prompt. Opus 5 took longer and rendered a sun so blown out you cannot see the ocean. DeepSeek rendered an actual sunset for 3 cents.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is hit or miss. I will say that. But when it hits, a Chinese flash model is outbuilding an Anthropic flagship at 1/20th the cost.
DeepSeek cooked. Opus 5 got cooked.