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DeepSeek-V4-Pro vs Grok 4.6

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 Grok 4.6
Input cost / 1M $1.32 $2.00
Output cost / 1M $3.96 $6.00
Context window 1,000,000 tokens 500,000 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

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

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Input: 1M × $1.32 = $1.32
Output: 1M × $3.96 = $3.96
Total
$5.28

Grok 4.6

Input: 1M × $2.00 = $2.00
Output: 1M × $6.00 = $6.00
Total
$8.00

Total cost savings

$2.72

DeepSeek-V4-Pro saves $2.72 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. Grok 4.6 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); DeepSeek-V4-Pro handles routine traffic.

Premium model

Grok 4.6

$2.00 in · $6.00 out / 1M

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Economical model

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

$1.32 in · $3.96 out / 1M

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All premium

Grok 4.6

$400.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Grok 4.6

$291.20

Routine slice
$211.20
Premium slice
$80.00

Monthly savings

$108.80

27.2% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (grok-4-6, 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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