Particle-1 Launches with 28-52% Fewer Output Tokens

Original title: Fewer tokens, same work. Particle-1 from @particle_api uses 28–52% fewer output tokens than DeepSeek...
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Particle API has launched Particle-1, a coding model post-trained on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, claiming 28-52% fewer output tokens across four benchmarks compared to the base model. The model is now available on OpenRouter with pricing at $0.25/M input and $1/M output, supporting a 1.05M context window.

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Fewer tokens, same work. Particle-1 from @particle_api uses 28–52% fewer output tokens than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash across four coding benchmarks, per Particle. Now on OpenRouter.

↳ 引用 @ModelsOnOR (Models on OpenRouter): Particle-1 from @particle_api is live on OpenRouter.

A token-efficient coding model post-trained on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Particle reports it uses ~45% fewer tokens on average with accuracy close to the base model, so agent tasks finish sooner and cost less.

0.25/Minput,0.25/M input, 1/M output, 1.05M context.

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