DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Reasoning, Max Effort)

AI model by DeepSeek. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.43
Output$0.87
Blended (3:1)$0.54

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed71 tok/s
Time to First Token1021ms

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Editorial Analysis

Profile. DeepSeek V4 Pro (Reasoning, Max Effort) is a budget-tier option from DeepSeek at $0.87/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on GPQA Diamond (88.8%) and IFBench (76.5%) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.

Latency. On latency, DeepSeek V4 Pro (Reasoning, Max Effort) reports 71 tok/s output speed and 1021ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.

Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, DeepSeek V4 Pro (Reasoning, Max Effort) costs $0.52 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.

Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-07-24.

Compare with similar models

ModelInputOutputSpeed
DeepSeek V4 Pro (Reasoning, Max Effort)Current
$0.43$0.8771 tok/s
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
$0.43$0.8763 tok/s
Trinity Large Thinking
$0.23$0.88142 tok/s
Llama 4 Maverick
$0.31$0.85102 tok/s
Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha
$0.45$0.90134 tok/s
GLM-4.6V (Reasoning)
$0.30$0.900 tok/s

Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0009
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$0.8700
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$8.70
10.0M in / 5.0M out