Command R (08-2024) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Command R (08-2024) costs 3.3x less per output token than DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 ($0.60 vs $1.98 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 23 benchmarks have a result for both.
Command R (08-2024) or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: which to pick
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a coding score, 56.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command R (08-2024) has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Command R (08-2024) for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.98 per million).
- Shared results
- 23
- Command R (08-2024) only
- 2
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only
- 55
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 36.0.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a AA Agentic Index result, 41.3.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a GPQA Diamond result, 92.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.0%.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a Vals Index result, 53.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 takes 1.05M tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Command R (08-2024)
Command R (08-2024) $0.0004, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.0016 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has the number, $0.10.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command R (08-2024) not benchmarked, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 56.1 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 45.9 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Korean: Command R (08-2024) 1162 against DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 1449, 47.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command R (08-2024) $0.60 against DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $1.98 per million output tokens, 3.3x apart.
- Context window
- Command R (08-2024) takes 128K tokens, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Command R (08-2024) | Bars | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 12 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 23 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1582 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 68.8 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 96.4% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 14.1% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.6% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.7% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 17.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.9% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 28.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 66.2% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1403.2 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1187 | 1469 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1197 | 1462 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1588 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1566 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 36.0 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 155.6 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 41.3 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.9% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.4% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 26.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.9% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 47.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 92.4% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 92.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 41.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 91.7% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 90.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 61.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 46.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 43.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1186 | 1458 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1173 | 1459 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1194 | 1463 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 98.6% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 64.6% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 26.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 50.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1188 | 1441 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1198 | 1443 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 87.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.4% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.4% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 73.1% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 52.9% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1252 | 1457 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1238 | 1446 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1268 | 1459 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1215 | 1442 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index012
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 53.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.2% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 80.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 93.9% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 45.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1446 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1197 | 1448 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1234 | 1439 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1238 | 1457 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1216 | 1431 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1227 | 1481 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1216 | Not measured | Only Command R (08-2024) measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1166 | Not measured | Only Command R (08-2024) measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1162 | 1449 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1446 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1435 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1227 | 1448 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1213 | 1454 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1230 | 1458 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1241 | 1443 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1223 | 1424 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Command R (08-2024) costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Command R (08-2024) costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Command R (08-2024) costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Cohere Command R (08-2024) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | DeepSeek |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 30, 2024 | August 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.66 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $1.98 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 56.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.10 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command R (08-2024) better than DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding?
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a coding score, 56.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Command R (08-2024) has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Command R (08-2024) for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($0.60 vs $1.98 per million).
Which is cheaper, Command R (08-2024) or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?
Command R (08-2024) costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.66 and $1.98. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Command R (08-2024) or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Command R (08-2024) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 comparison based on?
23 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command R (08-2024)'s coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.