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DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Inkling

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads Inkling on coding, 56.1 to 31.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs 2.0x less per output token ($1.98 vs $4.05 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 76 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 Replace Inkling
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek
Coding
56.1
Overall
60.8
Output $/M
$1.98
62
T InklingThinking Machines
Coding
31.5
Overall
46.5
Output $/M
$4.05
13
vs boards won of 76 shared, 1 tied

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Inkling: which to pick

Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding: it scores 56.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling, though on 5 benchmarks against 6.

Pick Inkling for work measured by LMArena Text: software and IT or LMArena Text: expert, where it leads.

Model ADeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek56.1/1005 independent benchmarks$0.10 per solved taskModel BInklingThinking Machines31.5/1006 independent benchmarks$0.76 per solved task
Shared results
76
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only
2
Inkling only
26
Like-for-like categories
7 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.

At a glance

Coding index
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 56.1 from 5 benchmarks, Inkling 31.5 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 20.4 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 82.3% against Inkling 19.2%, 63.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $1.98 against Inkling $4.05 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 takes 1.05M tokens, Inkling 524K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813BarsInklingTies
Coding1911 tie
Intelligence20
Agentic work80
Reasoning91
Math42
Knowledge64
General145
All shared boards62131 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index191
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
LiveBench codingNot measured64.0%Only Inkling measured
LMArena WebDev15821414DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
AA Coding Index68.852.1DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)87.5%85.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)96.4%77.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)14.1%0.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)82.3%19.2%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Code migration (Vals AI)41.5%11.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.0%Tie
IOI (Vals AI)51.6%14.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)54.7%47.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)17.5%7.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SkillsBench (Vals AI)53.8%26.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
CyberBench (Vals AI)72.9%66.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SciCode51.0%47.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
FrontierCode28.5%14.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
FrontierSWENot measured4.1%Only Inkling measured
WeirdML66.2%32.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ALE-Bench1403.2946.0DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: coding14691466DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: software and IT14621465Inkling
LMArena WebDev: React15881404DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena WebDev: HTML15661399DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
AA Intelligence Index36.025.0DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Epoch Capabilities Index155.6148.4DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
AA Agentic Index41.322.5DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1196Only Inkling measured
LiveBench researchNot measured59.9%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench browserNot measured16.0%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured14.1%Only Inkling measured
SREBench (Vals AI)1.9%0.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Finance Agent (Vals AI)50.4%46.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)26.8%15.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)40.9%28.4%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)10.8%3.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)52.8%38.4%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)4.3%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
APEX-Agents47.3%33.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index91
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
GPQA Diamond92.4%87.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LiveBench reasoningNot measured78.3%Only Inkling measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured78.5%Only Inkling measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.8%87.2%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)41.0%31.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)91.7%88.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ARC-AGI90.5%79.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ARC-AGI-261.3%36.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SimpleBenchNot measured50.0%Only Inkling measured
Chess puzzles46.0%21.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Mystery game puzzles43.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14581451DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: expert14591466Inkling
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14631448DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
OTIS Mock AIME98.6%88.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 364.6%33.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
FrontierMath, tier 426.8%4.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ProofBench50.0%0.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: math14411479Inkling
LMArena Text: mathematical work14431460Inkling
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index64
Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
MMLU Pro87.0%86.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LegalBench (Vals AI)82.4%83.0%Inkling
CorpFin (Vals AI)65.4%68.6%Inkling
TaxEval (Vals AI)73.1%75.3%Inkling
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.0%Only Inkling measured
MedCode (Vals AI)42.5%41.2%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SimpleQA Verified52.9%40.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: science14571455DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14461447Inkling
LMArena Text: legal and government14591448DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: business and finance14421438DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1224Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1198Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1165Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1156Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1160Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1205Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1108Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1089Only Inkling measured
LiveBench designNot measured58.3%Only Inkling measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index145
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
Vals Index53.0%29.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LiveBench data analysisNot measured72.8%Only Inkling measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured58.5%Only Inkling measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured36.5%Only Inkling measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)80.2%85.4%Inkling
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured49.4%Only Inkling measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.3%77.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DTBench93.9%87.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMCA45.5%37.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text14461442DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: instruction following14481425DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: creative writing14391390DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: English14571442DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: non-English14311434Inkling
LMArena Text: Chinese14811493Inkling
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1445Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1429Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: Korean14491403DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: French14461455Inkling
LMArena Text: Spanish14351449Inkling
LMArena Text: Russian14481430DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1450Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14541437DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: longer queries14581435DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: writing and language14431404DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14241394DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813InklingLeader
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 V4 Pro 0813$0.0016Fits in one request
Inkling$0.0030Fits in one request

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$0.039Fits in one request
Inkling$0.061Fits in one request

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$0.152Fits in one request
Inkling$0.235Fits in one request

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 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.

Specifications of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling
SpecificationDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Thinking Machines Inkling
MakerDeepSeekThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedAugust 12, 2026July 17, 2026
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$0.66$0.975
Output $/Mtok$1.98$4.05
Coding index56.131.5
Independent measurements behind it56
Cost per solved task$0.10$0.76
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 better than Inkling for coding?

Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding: it scores 56.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling, though on 5 benchmarks against 6. Pick Inkling for work measured by LMArena Text: software and IT or LMArena Text: expert, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Inkling?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Inkling costs $0.975 and $4.05. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.10 and Inkling $0.76.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Inkling?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Inkling comparison based on?

76 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Inkling's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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