Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs ERNIE 5.1

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and ERNIE 5.1 in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 21.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 91.3% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and ERNIE 5.1 specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
ProviderDeepSeekBaidu
Noometry Index54.343.8
Released2026-04-24—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked4819

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
LMArena Coding14701488
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), ERNIE 5.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
APEX-Agents47.3%—
LMArena Search—1227
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%23.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611481
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
LMArena Math14551481
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—
ProofBench50%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
LMArena Expert14641492
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
LMArena Non-English14391454
LMArena Chinese14861508
LMArena French14721488
LMArena German14581470
LMArena Japanese14451422
LMArena Korean14471427
LMArena Russian14531459
LMArena Spanish14581473

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
LMArena Instruction Following14481460

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
LMArena Longer Query14581462
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProERNIE 5.1
LMArena Text14511468
LMArena Creative Writing14461441
LMArena Multi-Turn14671471
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than ERNIE 5.1?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or ERNIE 5.1 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and ERNIE 5.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and ERNIE 5.1 has 19.

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