DeepSeek V4 Pro — pricing & specs
DeepSeek V4 Pro is a flagship model from DeepSeek, at capability tier 6 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-10-09.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-10-09 · DeepSeekWhat DeepSeek V4 Pro costs in practice
At $1.98/M output tokens, DeepSeek V4 Pro is the 1st-cheapest of 8 priced tier-6 models in the Mintok catalog — about 80% below the tier median of $10/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $2.64 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.0092 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $2.31 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $0.218 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-10-09) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- DeepSeek
- Family
- DeepSeek V4 Pro
- Capability tier
- 6 / 8
- Size class
- FLAGSHIP
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 1,600B total · 49B active (MoE)
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
Modeled decode on a reference Cerebras Cerebras WSE-3 Turbo at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →
Alternatives at tier 6
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba$3.75/M out
- Grok 4.5xAI$6/M out
- Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic$10/M out
- GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI$12/M out
- GPT-5.2OpenAI$14/M out
- Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$15/M out
FAQ
How much does DeepSeek V4 Pro cost per token?
DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens (cached input $0.02/M), via DeepSeek, as of 2026-10-09.
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro expensive?
At $1.98/M output tokens, DeepSeek V4 Pro is the 1st-cheapest of 8 priced tier-6 models in the Mintok catalog — about 80% below the tier median of $10/M.
What does a typical request with DeepSeek V4 Pro cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with DeepSeek V4 Pro costs about $0.0092, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $2.31.
What is DeepSeek V4 Pro's context window?
DeepSeek V4 Pro supports a 1,000,000-token context window.
What capability tier is DeepSeek V4 Pro?
DeepSeek V4 Pro sits at capability tier 6 of 8 on the Mintok scale (FLAGSHIP size class).
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro open-source or proprietary?
DeepSeek V4 Pro is a proprietary model from DeepSeek, accessed via API.
Put DeepSeek V4 Pro to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.