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DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Inkling Small

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads Inkling Small on coding, 56.1 to 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Inkling Small costs 1.7x less per output token ($1.20 vs $1.98 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 68 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 Replace Inkling Small
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek
Coding
56.1
Overall
60.8
Output $/M
$1.98
61
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
7
vs boards won of 68 shared

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Inkling Small: which to pick

Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding: it scores 56.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small.

Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($1.20 vs $1.98 per million) and work measured by ProgramBench (Vals AI) or Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI), where it leads.

Model ADeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek56.1/1005 independent benchmarks$0.10 per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
68
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only
10
Inkling Small only
16
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 Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 17.9 points apart on average over 17 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 82.3% against Inkling Small 19.1%, 63.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $1.98 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 takes 1.05M tokens, Inkling Small 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 0813BarsInkling SmallTies
Coding152
Intelligence20
Agentic work60
Reasoning100
Math51
Knowledge73
General161
All shared boards617
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index152
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDev15821409DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
AA Coding Index68.852.9DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)87.5%85.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)96.4%82.2%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)14.1%0.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)82.3%19.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Code migration (Vals AI)41.5%13.7%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.5%Inkling Small
IOI (Vals AI)51.6%9.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)54.7%55.1%Inkling Small
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)17.5%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)53.8%33.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
CyberBench (Vals AI)72.9%64.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SciCode51.0%49.7%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
FrontierCode28.5%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
WeirdML66.2%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
ALE-Bench1403.2Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
LMArena Text: coding14691450DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: software and IT14621447DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena WebDev: React15881399DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena WebDev: HTML15661398DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index36.025.7DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Epoch Capabilities Index155.6150.3DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic Index41.323.5DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SREBench (Vals AI)1.9%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)50.4%41.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)26.8%15.4%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)40.9%25.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)10.8%2.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)52.8%31.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)4.3%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
APEX-Agents47.3%Not measuredOnly 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 index100
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
GPQA Diamond92.4%83.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.8%89.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)41.0%33.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)91.7%88.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ARC-AGI90.5%84.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ARC-AGI-261.3%40.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Chess puzzles46.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
Mystery game puzzles43.0%6.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: hard prompts14581423DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: expert14591441DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14631429DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index51
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
OTIS Mock AIME98.6%90.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 364.6%46.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
FrontierMath, tier 426.8%17.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
ProofBench50.0%6.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: math14411459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work14431441DeepSeek 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 index73
Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
MMLU Pro87.0%85.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LegalBench (Vals AI)82.4%83.0%Inkling Small
CorpFin (Vals AI)65.4%69.6%Inkling Small
TaxEval (Vals AI)73.1%75.5%Inkling Small
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)42.5%37.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
SimpleQA Verified52.9%19.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: science14571428DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14461413DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: legal and government14591415DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: business and finance14421413DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index161
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
Vals Index53.0%27.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only Inkling Small measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured32.7%Only Inkling Small measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)80.2%84.1%Inkling Small
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.3%75.7%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DTBench93.9%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
LMCA45.5%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured
LMArena Text14461413DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: instruction following14481399DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: creative writing14391334DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English14571421DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: non-English14311401DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: Chinese14811464DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1408Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1401Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: Korean14491367DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: French14461435DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: Spanish14351422DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: Russian14481394DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1428Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14541416DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: longer queries14581402DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: writing and language14431357DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14241352DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1292Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1243Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1207Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1205Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 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 Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Inkling SmallLeader
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 Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$0.039Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$0.152Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

Inkling Small 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 Small
SpecificationDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Thinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerDeepSeekThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedAugust 12, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$0.66$0.45
Output $/Mtok$1.98$1.20
Coding index56.127.3
Independent measurements behind it54
Cost per solved task$0.10$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 better than Inkling Small for coding?

Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding: it scores 56.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small. Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($1.20 vs $1.98 per million) and work measured by ProgramBench (Vals AI) or Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Inkling Small?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.10 and Inkling Small $0.16.

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

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

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

68 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 Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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