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Which model is worth using

1 Oct 2026

DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro

The larger DeepSeek still on the official API. Index 36 at max, behind its own flash model.

Open weightsPeak rate shown
36Index · Max
$0.67Per measured task
53.7 pts/$Points / $
81Tokens / sec

No High score is published. Showing Max.

Every published effort

SettingIndexPer taskTokens / sec
Max36$0.6781
Published20$0.48180

What this workload costs

List price for one call. Reasoning tokens count as output. A cache hit uses the lab’s cache rate when one is published.

DeepSeek V4 Pro
Cache applied
$0.0286

Specs

API id
deepseek-v4-pro
Released
13 Aug 2026
Context
1M
Max output
384k
Input / 1M
$1.32
Output / 1M
$3.96
Cache read / 1M
$0.04
Knowledge
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Inputs
Text
Weights
Open weights. Confirm the license on the 0813 card.

Peak cache-miss rate for the 0813 checkpoint. Off-peak is half. The date is the 0813 checkpoint name.

The pricing write-up lists this checkpoint as text, without vision.

Use it when

You specifically need the Pro checkpoint. On this index, V4.1 Flash scores higher and costs less per measured task.

Leave it when

Treating Pro as the automatic upgrade over Flash. In this snapshot it is not.

Sources