DeepSeek-V4-Pro: release date and what it's for
Released , according to DeepSeek's changelog. A 1.6T mixture of experts on a million-token window for a third of what the US flagships charge. Run it outside 01:00 to 10:00 UTC on a weekday and DeepSeek halves the bill.
- Status
- Live
- Released
- Lab
- DeepSeek
- Input
- $1.32per million tokens
- Output
- $3.96per million tokens
- Context window
- 1Mtokens
- Max output
- 384Ktokens
API model ID: deepseek-v4-pro
What is DeepSeek-V4-Pro capable of?
3 posts from people showing what they made with DeepSeek-V4-Pro, newest and most-reacted first. People are posting code made with it.
Each card is the original post, shown the way X or Reddit embeds it, with a link to where it came from. We picked the ones that show something being made and skipped the benchmark screenshots. We can't vouch for any of them being unedited.
What we've written about DeepSeek-V4-Pro
DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash edged past GPT-6 Astra on one independent test
It's 13 points behind Astra on the overall index, and DeepSeek has already backed off retiring V4 Pro in its favor.
The day after agreeing AI should slow down, Musk said Grok 4.8 finishes training this week
Grok 4.7 still isn't out, Grok 5 is his answer for AGI, and neither OpenAI nor Anthropic lists a size to set 2.5T against.
How DeepSeek-V4-Pro compares on price and context
inputoutput
- GPT-6 Astra$10 / $50
- Muse Spark 1.3$1.25 / $4.25
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro$1.32 / $3.96
- Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.75 / $3.75
how much it reads at once
- GPT-6 Astra1.05M
- Muse Spark 1.31.05M
- Gemini 3.8 Flash1.05M
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro1M
Next to the newest DeepSeek models and the current model from other labs. Prices are in US dollars per million tokens.
What is DeepSeek-V4-Pro?
DeepSeek-V4-Pro is a model from DeepSeek, built in China. It's out, and you can use it today.
When did DeepSeek-V4-Pro come out?
DeepSeek released it on August 13, 2026. That date comes from DeepSeek's changelog.
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