I’ve been using DeepSeek V4 in OpenCode exclusively for about a month.
I think it’s great, but coming from Claude Code it did feel like going back in time by ~6 months in model capabilities. This isn’t a big deal to me for what I do, but the difference is definitely there.
Deepseek v4 Pro is like Opus 4.5 or GPT 5.2, but costs pennies on the pound for API. Which is to say, I should definitely be using it more to let my Codex and Claude subs go further.
So my GPU comparison is pretty apt then. Paying 4-10x to be slightly ahead of the curve.