Best coding model — Under $1 / M: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 overtook tencent/hy3
model id tencent/hy3model id deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731
Leader change
The top-ranked model for Best coding model — Under $1 / M changed from tencent/hy3 to deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731, measured on token volume through OpenRouter.
Occurred
11 August 2026
The day the change took effect, where the vendor said so.Observed
11 August 2026
The night this site read it and saw a difference.Severity
Medium
How much it changes what the tool costs or what you get free.Confidence
High
From an API — a repository status or an ownership record.What changed
- Was, and is now
model id tencent/hy3model id deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731
- What it means
- The top-ranked model for Best coding model — Under $1 / M changed from tencent/hy3 to deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731, measured on token volume through OpenRouter.
- Evidence
- See the evidence
- How this was found
- Derived from an API — a repository status or an ownership record, not a reading of a marketing page. Source: auto.
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| Best coding model — Above $5 / M: moonshotai/kimi-k3 overtook anthropic/claude-opus-4.8The board | Leader change | model id anthropic/claude-opus-4.8model id moonshotai/kimi-k3 | high | |
| Best coding model — Under $1 / M: tencent/hy3 overtook z-ai/glm-5.2The board | Leader change | model id z-ai/glm-5.2model id tencent/hy3 | high | |
| Best coding model — Under $1 / M: z-ai/glm-5.2 overtook tencent/hy3The board | Leader change | model id tencent/hy3model id z-ai/glm-5.2 | high |
