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DeepSeek-V4-Pro vs GPT-5.6 Terra

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric DeepSeek-V4-Pro GPT-5.6 Terra
Input cost / 1M $0.435 $2.50
Output cost / 1M $0.87 $15.00
Context window 1,000,000 tokens 1,050,000 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Input: 1M × $0.435 = $0.435
Output: 1M × $0.87 = $0.87
Total
$1.31

GPT-5.6 Terra

Input: 1M × $2.50 = $2.50
Output: 1M × $15.00 = $15.00
Total
$17.50

Total cost savings

$16.20

DeepSeek-V4-Pro saves $16.20 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. GPT-5.6 Terra is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); DeepSeek-V4-Pro handles routine traffic.

Premium model

GPT-5.6 Terra

$2.50 in · $15.00 out / 1M

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Economical model

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

$0.435 in · $0.87 out / 1M

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All premium

GPT-5.6 Terra

$875.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%DeepSeek-V4-Pro

GPT-5.6 Terra

$227.20

Routine slice
$52.20
Premium slice
$175.00

Monthly savings

$647.80

74% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (gpt-5-6-terra, deepseek-v4-pro) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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