DeepSeek V4 Lite drops with Expert Mode, SVG precision

DeepSeek V4 Lite is a direct challenge to Claude's coding dominance, specifically targeting the vector graphics and UI prototyping niche.

• –Expert Mode provides a reasoning-heavy path for complex SVG and code generation, outperforming larger models in code efficiency.
• –MoE architecture (200B total, ~20B active) allows for high-performance inference on single 24GB VRAM GPUs.
• –Native multimodality and 1M token context window position it as a serious contender for large-scale codebase analysis and design automation.
• –Clean SVG output (e.g., Xbox controller in 54 lines) suggests superior spatial awareness compared to Gemini 3.1 or GPT-4o.