DeepSeek V4 Pro
AI models review
As of Jun 25, 2026, DeepSeek V4 Pro is rated 1458 Elo on LM Arena (26,928 Arena votes).
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro worth it in 2026?
DeepSeek V4 Pro is a mid-tier open model sitting at rank 36 of 50 in general text (Elo 1458) and rank 24 in coding (Elo 1458), based on a solid 26928 human votes. Its very low price and massive 1M token context window are its clearest strengths.
High-volume or budget-conscious workloads, long-document processing, and coding tasks where cost matters more than top-tier quality.
General text quality ranks in the bottom half of the 50-model field, so users needing best-in-class chat or reasoning should look elsewhere.
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Benchmark and price facts
- Vendor
- DeepSeek
- License
- open
- LM Arena text
- 1458 Elo (#36 of 50)
- LM Arena coding
- 1458 Elo (#24)
- Price (input)
- $0.44 / 1M tokens
- Price (output)
- $0.87 / 1M tokens
- Context window
- 1.048.576 tokens
- Human votes
- 26.928
Elo and votes from LM Arena; price and context from OpenRouter. Real fetched values, attributed, never blended.