DeepSeek V4 Pro
#17 of 31 text models on overall (provisional). $3.56 per 1,000 support replies at list price.
Price checked 25 Oct 2026 via vendor- Released
- 13 Aug 2026
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Longest reply
- 393K tokens
- Open weights
- Yes
- Reasoning mode
- Yes
- Tool use
- Yes
- Reads
- text
- Writes
- text
- Knowledge cutoff
- –
Overall53
Writing61
Support59
Coding56
Value47
Provisional, 0 to 100 among the text models we track, from Arena and Epoch AI. How we score.Prices and where to run it
| Provider | Region | Input per 1M | Output per 1M | Cached input | Data retention | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deepseek | global | $1.32 | $3.96 | $0.044 | Not checked | 25 Oct 2026, vendor |
| openrouter | global | $0.21 | $0.42 | $0.0174 | Not checked | 25 Oct 2026, OpenRouter |
Price history and a CSV download arrive with the open price dataset.
Benchmarks behind the scores
| Measure | Figure | Run date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.6 | 25 Oct 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Arena text, coding | 1469.3 | 22 Oct 2026 | Arena |
| Arena text, creative writing | 1446.2 | 22 Oct 2026 | Arena |
| Arena text, instruction following | 1448 | 22 Oct 2026 | Arena |
| Arena text, multi-turn | 1467.6 | 22 Oct 2026 | Arena |
| Arena text, overall | 1451.3 | 22 Oct 2026 | Arena |
| Arena WebDev | 1582.3 | 23 Oct 2026 | Arena |
Call it through OpenRouter
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'