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DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 vs Inkling Small

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 leads Inkling Small on coding, 38.7 to 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Inkling Small costs 2.5x less per output token ($1.20 vs $2.976 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 62 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 Replace Inkling Small
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek
Coding
38.7
Overall
50.0
Output $/M
$2.976
50
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
12
vs boards won of 62 shared

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or Inkling Small: which to pick

Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 for coding: it scores 38.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small.

Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($1.20 vs $2.976 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.16 against $0.57).

Model ADeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek38.7/1005 independent benchmarks$0.57 per solved taskModel BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
62
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 only
22
Inkling Small only
22
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 0423 38.7 from 5 benchmarks, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 8.5 points apart on average over 14 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 49.9% against Inkling Small 19.1%, 30.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 $2.976 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 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 0423BarsInkling SmallTies
Coding113
Intelligence11
Agentic work41
Reasoning60
Math33
Knowledge73
General181
All shared boards5012
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index113
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling SmallLeader
LMArena WebDev14471409DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
AA Coding Index59.452.9DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)87.5%85.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)77.4%82.2%Inkling Small
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)11.1%0.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)49.9%19.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Code migration (Vals AI)26.2%13.7%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.5%Inkling Small
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured9.3%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)50.2%55.1%Inkling Small
SkillsBench (Vals AI)51.3%33.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only Inkling Small measured
SciCodeNot measured49.7%Only Inkling Small measured
FrontierCode17.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
WeirdML48.9%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
ALE-Bench1006.1Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMArena Text: coding14701450DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: software and IT14691447DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena WebDev: React14411399DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena WebDev: HTML14351398DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1410Only Inkling Small measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index30.425.7DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Epoch Capabilities Index149.1150.3Inkling Small
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic Index26.323.5DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Design Arena: agents building web apps1000Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps948Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1059Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)44.1%41.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)25.2%15.4%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)23.1%25.5%Inkling Small
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured2.9%Only Inkling Small measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)51.6%31.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Vending-Bench 2$3,285Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling SmallLeader
GPQA Diamond89.4%83.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured89.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured33.3%Only Inkling Small measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)90.9%88.5%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
ARC-AGINot measured84.0%Only Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured40.1%Only Inkling Small measured
Chess puzzles19.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Mystery game puzzles17.0%6.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: hard prompts14611423DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: expert14631441DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14661429DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1251Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1257Only Inkling Small measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index33
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling SmallLeader
OTIS Mock AIME96.7%90.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 345.3%46.3%Inkling Small
FrontierMath, tier 42.4%17.1%Inkling Small
ProofBench16.0%6.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: math14431459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work14551441DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
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 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling SmallLeader
MMLU Pro87.3%85.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LegalBench (Vals AI)80.3%83.0%Inkling Small
CaseLaw (Vals AI)59.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)61.4%69.6%Inkling Small
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.1%75.5%Inkling Small
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)40.5%37.9%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
SimpleQA Verified47.0%19.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: science14701428DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14661413DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: legal and government14641415DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: business and finance14431413DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling SmallLeader
Design Arena: websites1234Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: UI components1219Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: game dev1228Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: data viz1203Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: 3D1253Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1240Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: SVG1139Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1149Not measuredOnly 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 index181
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling SmallLeader
Vals IndexNot measured27.6%Only Inkling Small measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)62.9%59.4%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured32.7%Only Inkling Small measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)75.1%84.1%Inkling Small
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured75.7%Only Inkling Small measured
DTBench90.7%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMCA41.2%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Surface Evolver Bench40.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
CL-bench Life13.5%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMArena Text14511413DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: instruction following14451399DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: creative writing14461334DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena VisionNot measured1237Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: English14591421DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: non-English14391401DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Chinese14811464DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: German14581408DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Japanese14461401DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Korean14091367DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: French14731435DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Spanish14571422DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Russian14531394DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Polish14611428DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: multi-turn14681416DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: longer queries14581402DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: writing and language14471357DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14311352DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
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 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Inkling 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 0423$0.0028Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423$0.077Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423$0.301Fits 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 0423 and Inkling Small
SpecificationDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Thinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerDeepSeekThinking Machines
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 24, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$1.358$0.45
Output $/Mtok$2.976$1.20
Coding index38.727.3
Independent measurements behind it54
Cost per solved task$0.57$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 better than Inkling Small for coding?

Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 for coding: it scores 38.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small. Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($1.20 vs $2.976 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.16 against $0.57).

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or Inkling Small?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 costs $1.358 per million input tokens and $2.976 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 costs $0.57 and Inkling Small $0.16.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 or Inkling Small?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 vs Inkling Small comparison based on?

62 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423'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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