Noometry

Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Inkling

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 38 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 38 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 9 categories and Inkling in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.8 to 31.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 50% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 0% for Inkling.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.66 / $1.98 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 66K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 ProInkling
ProviderDeepSeekThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index54.344.1
Released2026-04-242026-07-15
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M66K
Max output393K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.66$1.87
Output $ / M tokens$1.98$4.68
Results tracked4841

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
FrontierCode28.6%14%
LMArena WebDev15821413
SciCode51%47%
WeirdML66.2%32.3%
LMArena Coding14701464
ALE-Bench1,403946
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierSWE—4.1%

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
APEX-Agents47.3%33.8%
τ²-bench Banking—25%
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
ARC-AGI-261.3%36.5%
ARC-AGI-190.5%79.5%
CritPt18%5.4%
Chess Puzzles47%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611451
DTBench93.9%87.5%
LMCA45.5%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31148.54
SimpleBench—50%
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%33.3%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%4.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%88.9%
ProofBench50%0%
LMArena Math14551479
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
GPQA Diamond91.7%88.3%
SimpleQA Verified52.9%40.3%
LMArena Expert14641465
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
LMArena Non-English14391434
LMArena Chinese14861490
LMArena French14721458
LMArena German14581446
LMArena Japanese14451429
LMArena Korean14471404
LMArena Russian14531429
LMArena Spanish14581448

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
LMArena Instruction Following14481426

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
LMArena Longer Query14581434
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProInkling
LMArena Text14511441
LMArena Creative Writing14461387
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15531611
EQ-Bench 411661226
LMArena Multi-Turn14671436

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Inkling?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Inkling?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Inkling better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Inkling share?

38 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.

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