DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 vs GPT-4o-mini
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 leads GPT-4o-mini on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 30.4 to 6.7, and GPT-4o-mini costs 4.5x less per output token ($0.60 vs $2.716 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 11 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or GPT-4o-mini: which to pick
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a coding score, 38.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; GPT-4o-mini has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GPT-4o-mini for output tokens 4.5x cheaper ($0.60 vs $2.716 per million).
- Shared results
- 11
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 only
- 73
- GPT-4o-mini only
- 18
- 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 0423 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 leads, 30.4 against 6.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a AA Agentic Index result, 26.3.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 leads, 89.4% against 44.2%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only GPT-4o-mini has a AIME result, 11.5%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 leads, 87.3% against 62.7%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1234.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 takes 1.05M tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4o-mini
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 $0.0026, GPT-4o-mini $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has the number, $0.57.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 38.7 from 5 benchmarks, GPT-4o-mini not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 54.5 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LiveCodeBench (Vals AI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 87.5% against GPT-4o-mini 26.4%, 61.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 $2.716 against GPT-4o-mini $0.60 per million output tokens, 4.5x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 takes 1.05M tokens, GPT-4o-mini 128K.
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 V4 Pro 0423 | Bars | GPT-4o-mini | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 3 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 11 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1447 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 59.4 | 11.4 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 87.5% | 26.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 77.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 11.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 49.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 26.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 50.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 51.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 23.4% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| FrontierCode | 17.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| WeirdML | 48.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1006.1 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1470 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1469 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1441 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1435 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 1.5% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 30.4 | 6.7 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.1 | 126.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 26.3 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1000 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 948 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1059 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 44.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 25.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 23.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 51.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $3,285 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.4% | 44.2% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.6% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 42.6% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 4.2% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 0.0% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| Chess puzzles | 19.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 17.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1461 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1463 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1466 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 53.5% | 28.8% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 11.5% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.6% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.2% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 14.7 | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 14.7% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 96.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 45.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 2.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| ProofBench | 16.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| GSM8K | Not measured | 91.3% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1443 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1455 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.3% | 62.7% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 80.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 59.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 61.4% | 45.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.1% | 60.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.5% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.4% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 40.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 64.8% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 81.8% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1470 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1466 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1464 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1443 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1234 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1222 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1229 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1203 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1254 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1240 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1140 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1149 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 62.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 75.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 31.0% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| DTBench | 90.7% | 54.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| LMCA | 41.2% | 10.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 40.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| PIQA | Not measured | 88.7% | Only GPT-4o-mini measured |
| CL-bench Life | 13.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1451 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1445 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1446 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1459 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1439 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1481 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1458 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1446 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1409 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1473 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1457 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1453 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1461 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1468 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1458 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1447 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1431 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | GPT-4o-mini | 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
GPT-4o-mini costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-4o-mini costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-4o-mini 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 V4 Pro 0423 | OpenAI GPT-4o-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 24, 2026 | July 18, 2024 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.225 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.716 | $0.60 |
| Coding index | 38.7 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.57 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 better than GPT-4o-mini for coding?
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a coding score, 38.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; GPT-4o-mini has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4o-mini for output tokens 4.5x cheaper ($0.60 vs $2.716 per million).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or GPT-4o-mini?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 costs $1.225 per million input tokens and $2.716 per million output tokens; GPT-4o-mini costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 only.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or GPT-4o-mini?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 vs GPT-4o-mini comparison based on?
11 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and GPT-4o-mini's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.