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DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek · Released Jul 2026
Recommended
The strongest open-weight coding model we've tested. 99.2% on SWE-bench Verified, Claude Code parity on CursorBench 3.2, and 3× cheaper than Fable 5 per completed task. The default for self-hosted agentic coding.
Is it right for you?
Good for
- Cost-sensitive coding and autonomous agent workloads — ~20x cheaper per session than GPT-5.5 or Opus 4.8 at competitive quality
- Self-hosted enterprise and regulated-industry deployment — MIT license means proprietary code never leaves your infrastructure
- Competitive programming and code-generation benchmarks — 93.5% LiveCodeBench, 3206 Codeforces Elo
Not good for
- Terminal and CLI agent tasks — trails GPT-5.5 (67.9% vs 75.1% on Terminal-Bench 2.0)
- Workloads requiring Western data-residency guarantees without self-hosting — DeepSeek's API is China-hosted
Pricing
Input
$0.435 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.87 / 1M tokens
Context
1M tokens
Benchmarks
No verdict changes yet
The clock starts day one — changes land here as our verdict evolves.
Sources
- MarkTechPost — Kimi K3 vs V4 Pro vs GLM-5.2Jul 2026
- BenchLM — DeepSeek API Pricing: V4 Pro & Flash RatesJul 2026
- Tech Insider — Best AI Model for Coding 2026Jul 2026
- DeepSeek V4 GA Architecture (Hugging Face)Jul 2026
- NVIDIA Build — deepseek-v4-pro Model CardJul 2026
- PricePerToken — DeepSeek V4 Pro PricingJul 2026
Verification log
- Pricing— No changes
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