Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs o1-mini

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 8.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 90.5% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 14% for o1-mini.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and o1-mini specifications
DeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index54.334.0
Released2026-04-242024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked4839

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
WeirdML66.2%36.3%
LMArena Coding14701362
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
LiveBench Coding—48%
ALE-Bench1,403—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Cybench—10%
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
ARC-AGI-261.3%0.8%
ARC-AGI-190.5%14%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611333
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31135.82
SimpleBench—18.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
ForecastBench56.1—
LiveBench—57.8%

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
GPQA Diamond91.7%62.4%
LMArena Expert14641316
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Confabulations—18.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
LMArena Non-English14391289
LMArena Chinese14861314
LMArena French14721293
LMArena German14581278
LMArena Japanese14451245
LMArena Korean14471223
LMArena Russian14531283
LMArena Spanish14581303

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14481304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14581320
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Proo1-mini
LMArena Text14511317
LMArena Creative Writing14461244
LMArena Multi-Turn14671314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than o1-mini?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or o1-mini better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and o1-mini share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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