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Ultramarine 1 Flash: Frontier Model 100X Cheaper

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Hacker News | Oct 14, 2026 | dzonga

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It is also 60x cheaper than Fable. Technical report Built for professional workImproved token efficiencyAcross the six benchmarks, Ultramarine 1 Flash generates 6. 5% fewer tokens than its base, GLM-5. 3 Flash, taking a shorter path to better work. Output tokens generated across all six benchmarks, reasoning included. At $0. 13 per task, it outscores Claude Fable 5 (max) and GPT-5. 6 Sol (max), at $8. 19 and $2. 09 per task, and comes within three points of Claude Opus 5. 5 (max) and GPT-6 Sol (max) at $6. 96 and $1. 26 per task.

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