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Released August 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis

Model Comparison

This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort) for your use-case.

Fastest

#1
CrusoeCrusoe
185.6 t/s
#2
BasetenBaseten
160.7 t/s
#3
FireworksFireworks
89.5 t/s
#4
DeepInfraDeepInfra
88.0 t/s
#5
DeepSeekDeepSeek
68.8 t/s

Output speed

Total 10 providers

Lowest Latency

#1
CrusoeCrusoe
12.48 s
#2
BasetenBaseten
13.43 s
#3
DeepInfraDeepInfra
23.60 s
#4
FireworksFireworks
23.90 s
#5
DeepSeekDeepSeek
30.85 s

Time to first answer token

Total 10 providers

Lowest Price

#1
GMIGMI
$0.59
#2
DeepInfraDeepInfra
$0.59
#3
DeepSeekDeepSeek
$0.69
#4
FireworksFireworks
$0.69
#5
DigitalOceanDigitalOcean
$0.69

Blended price (per 1M tokens)

Total 10 providers

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (max) is available through 10 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.

  • For output speed, the top providers are Crusoe (185.6 t/s), Baseten (160.7 t/s), and Fireworks (89.5 t/s). Speed varies significantly across providers, with a 326% difference between the fastest and slowest.
  • For latency, Crusoe (12.48s), Baseten (13.43s), and DeepInfra (23.60s) offer the lowest time to first answer token.
  • For pricing, GMI (0.59), DeepInfra (0.59), and DeepSeek (0.69) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens. Prices vary up to 3.3x across providers.
  • Crusoe offers the best performance with both the highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, GMI provides the most competitive pricing.

Highlights

Output tokens per second · Higher is better
Seconds · Lower is better
USD per 1M tokens (blended) · Lower is better

Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.

Pricing

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

Pricing: Blended Price

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · USD per 1M tokens (blended) · Lower is better

Pricing: Cache Discount

1 - (cache hit price / input price) · Higher is better

Output Speed vs. Price

Blended at 7:2:1 (cache-input-output) · Output speed: output tokens per second · USD per 1M tokens (blended)
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Speed

Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)

Output Speed: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort)

Output speed: output tokens per second · 10,000 input tokens

Latency vs. Output Speed

Latency: seconds to first token received · Output speed: output tokens per second · 10,000 input tokens
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Latency

Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token

Time to First Answer Token

Seconds to first token received · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · 10,000 input tokens

Key Comparison Metrics & API Features

DeepSeek logoDeepSeek
1.05M
Open
$0.67
72
1.77
36.34
27.66
GMI logoGMI
1.05M
Open
$1.37
60
3.10
44.67
33.26
SiliconFlow logoSiliconFlow
1.05M
Open
$7.07
58
1.57
44.46
34.32
Fireworks logoFireworks
1M
Open
$0.60
89
1.54
29.77
22.58
Baseten logoBaseten
1M
Open
$6.17
149
0.99
17.82
13.46
Crusoe logoCrusoe
1.05M
Open
$1.65
186
1.71
15.17
10.77
DeepInfra logoDeepInfra
1M
Open
$1.00
86
0.88
29.89
23.21
Novita logoNovita
1.05M
Open
$1.23
58
2.01
44.83
34.26
DigitalOcean logoDigitalOcean
1.05M
Open
$0.83
44
0.89
58.24
45.88
Nebius logoNebius
1.05M
Open
$11.08
68
2.35
39.02
29.33

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort) providers