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Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Qwen3.8-Max — The Aug 12, 2026 Frontier Release Day, Compared
August 12, 2026 saw three frontier releases in one day: xAI's Grok 4.6, DeepSeek's V4 Pro 0813 GA, and Qwen's Qwen3.8-Max open weights. This three-way comparison covers benchmark tables (AA Intelligence Index, CursorBench, DeepSWE, Terminal Bench), pricing per 1M tokens, local-run feasibility, ecosystem fit (Cursor, Grok Build, OpenRouter), and community verdicts — with concrete recommendations for coding agents, enterprise, and self-hosters.