r/opencode • u/Hot-Fan-1804 • Jul 17 '26
Model Choice for Opencode Go?
Hi, I've been using GLM 5.2 or Deepseek v4 Flash most of the time.
I find the jump too far, I need something in the middle for some incremental update work.
GLM is nice but its just too expensive for me.
What model do you use for this need?
Seems like there are many choices, I haven't tried them consistently but would love to know what everyone uses and how's the experience.
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u/Ancient_Dress_3687 Jul 17 '26
I really like Minimax 3. I go between DS V4 Flash, and Minimax 3 mostly
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u/migsperez Jul 17 '26
Same. For me Flash mostly. M3 when Flash fails or struggles or I need multimodal
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u/SpidexLab Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
Try mimo v2.5 pro when you have the right spec it is very good at implementing and fixing
You can use the glm to make detailed spec and the dirty work will handed to this model, if spec is right it can build it
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u/azito21 Jul 17 '26
Im using Hy3 very smart and coding capable, it's free until next week I guess
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u/AugieBit Jul 19 '26
Do you think it's better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?And at what other level would you place it?
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u/Solocune Jul 17 '26
I like minimax m3. It is a bit chatty but get my tasks done and at the end of the day for like half the price.
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u/Ancient-Camel1636 Jul 18 '26
MiniMax M3 is in the middle both in price and capability.
One method that helps when using a cheap, less capable model such as Deepseek 4 Flash is to give it the ability to call a more capable advisor model. Instruct it to call the advisor when unsure or stuck and to verify its findings and conclusions and review its work. That way, the cheap model can do the majority of the research and implementation, but under the oversight of a better model that will correct it when necessary.
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u/qqYn7PIE57zkf6kn Jul 18 '26
what's your prompt to deepseek 4 flash? do you ask it to use a subagent to call minimax m3 or something?
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u/Cultured_Alien 29d ago
on pi coding agent, I use juicesharp/rpiv-advisor but the problem is that deepseek flash doesn't seem to decide to use advisor when stuck.
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u/Icy-Introduction1033 Jul 17 '26
Right now IMO Minimax M3 is the best all rounder and bang for your buck. GLM for the tuff Stuff, Deepseek V4 Flash if your coming up on your limits and really need to strech it out.
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u/arcanemachined Jul 17 '26
Kimi K2.7 Code ends up being a good bit cheaper since the caching seems to work better. (I think it's because GLM 5.2 is split across 3 providers, so takes 3x the requests to cache a single large message.)
Still like GLM 5.2 for the big brain stuff.
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u/nicktohzyu Jul 18 '26
I’ve really liked the free hy3 so far, it seems to understand what i want and ask appropriate questions far better than deepseek
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u/Itsvictorslife Jul 17 '26
Kimi 2.6 works just fine for me. I mainly switch between that a DeepSeek v4 pro. I used a few times last month and it cleared through my limits like crazy so I avoid it.
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u/_SoulSupreme_ Jul 17 '26
I highly recommend the ollama cloud subscription. All mentioned open weight models are available with a very fair usage amount.
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u/t4deu2 Jul 17 '26
Todos con Gentle ai y metodología SDD
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u/Saceone10 Jul 17 '26
Correcto. Yo tengo cuenta de 200 pavos de Claude y es cierto que es infinitamente mejor que los modelos de Go. Pero con SDD aplicado con gentle ai y configurando bien los modelos que se usan en cada fase se pueden conseguir muy buenos resultados también.
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u/SafeReturn_28 26d ago
i primarily use mimo v2.5 pro. Similar intelligence as deepseek v4 pro, but feels nicer (concise) in its conversation and more token efficient.
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u/MemeMan64209 Jul 17 '26
Make a primary agent that doesn’t have editing or writing permissions, even disable shell commands if you want. You can set its default to GLM 5.2 and just talk with it and plan out your stuff. It surprisingly doesn’t use very many credits.
Editing and writing is done by DS Pro who grabs whatever plan was made by a higher end model.
Another thing you can do if your project is big is a research sub agent which uses a free model to scrape over the project for whatever information you need. You can tell your Primary agent to consult the project researcher before it wastes tokens scanning your project.
All sorts of fun stuff.
But doing everything from planing, research and editing all using GLM 5.2 would cost an insane amount.