@Dinosaur_liu: A horror story for all Chinese and American model makers: DeepSeek V4 Flash has only 284b parameters, with a mere 13b active parameters
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It is claimed that DeepSeek V4 Flash has only 284 billion parameters and only 13 billion active parameters, posing an efficiency shock to model manufacturers in China and the US.
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Here’s a horror story for all AI model vendors in China and the US:
DeepSeek V4 Flash has only 284b parameters.
Its activated parameters are a mere 13b. https://t.co/xGWUEQH1Qc
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