DeepSeek-VL2 vs DeepSeek V4-Pro

Best cell per row highlighted. Null means undisclosed — never counted as zero.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-VL2GA
7.2
AI Panel
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4-Propreview
8.5
AI Panel

Identity & lifecycle

ProviderDeepSeekDeepSeek
Family / tierDeepSeek-VL · VLDeepSeek V4 · Pro
StatusGApreview
Released2024-12-122026-04-23
Knowledge cutoff2024-102026-02

Architecture & context

Context window4K1M
Max output tokens4K384K
Input modalitiestext, imagetext
Reasoning modenoneoptional
Open weightsYesYes

Pricing (per Mtok)

Input$0.435
Output$0.87
Cached input$0.0036
Batch input
Free tierYesYes

Speed

Output speed (tok/s)
Time to first token (s)
Latency tierfastmedium

Trust & deployment

Trains on inputsNoYes
Licensecustom-deepseek-model-licenseMIT
Clouds
Compliance

AI Panel scoring

Unified score7.28.5
Decision Maker7.58
Domain Strategist78.5
Finance Lead8.59.5
Domain Practitioner7.58.5
Power User6.57.5
Skeptic77.5
Value score8.89.7

Benchmarks

MMLU-Pro87.5
GPQA Diamond90.1
SWE-bench Verified80.6
HumanEval76.8
LiveCodeBench93.5
MMMU51.1
MRCR Long Context83.5
SimpleQA57.9
Humanity's Last Exam37.7
LMArena Coding Elo1287
Artificial Analysis Index52

Scores link to their sources. Missing cells mean the vendor hasn't disclosed a result — honesty over padding.