DeepSeek V3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Updated October 21, 2026. 4 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
DeepSeek V3 scores 70.2 and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 54.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking.
Pick DeepSeek V3 when output tokens cost 1.9x less; pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 164K tokens, or when what matters is GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) or OTIS Mock AIME, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 4
- DeepSeek V3 only
- 9
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only
- 74
- Like-for-like categories
- 3 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
No call
70.2 against 54.6, from different benchmarks with none in common.
Directional only
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
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only DeepSeek V3 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1120.
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 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek V3 $0.0008, 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
- DeepSeek V3 70.2 from 1 benchmark, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 54.6 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Math, 49.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- OTIS Mock AIME: DeepSeek V3 48.9% against DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 98.6%, 49.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V3 $1.0287 against DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $1.98 per million output tokens, 1.9x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V3 takes 164K 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 | DeepSeek V3 | Bars | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Math | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 4 |
CodingDirectional onlyFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index23 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 70.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| SWE-bench Lite | 30.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| 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 | Not measured | 1469 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1462 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| 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 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | 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 | DeepSeek V3 | 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 30 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | 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) | 71.2% | 91.7% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| 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 | Not measured | 1458 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1459 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1463 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 48.9% | 98.6% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| 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 | Not measured | 1441 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1443 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | 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 | Not measured | 1457 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1446 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1459 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1442 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1120 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1093 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1054 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1089 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1087 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1108 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 976 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | 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 | 62.7% | 93.9% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMCA | 15.2% | 45.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1446 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1448 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1439 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1457 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1431 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1481 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1449 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| 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 | Not measured | 1448 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1454 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1458 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1443 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1424 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | 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
DeepSeek V3 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V3 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V3 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 | DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | December 26, 2024 | August 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 164K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.2574 | $0.66 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.0287 | $1.98 |
| Coding index | 70.2 | 54.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.10 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V3 better than DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding?
DeepSeek V3 scores 70.2 and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 54.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking. Pick DeepSeek V3 when output tokens cost 1.9x less; pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 164K tokens, or when what matters is GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) or OTIS Mock AIME, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3 or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?
DeepSeek V3 costs $0.2574 per million input tokens and $1.0287 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, DeepSeek V3 or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 comparison based on?
4 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V3's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.