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Grok 4.3 vs. DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Compare published benchmark results from matching versions and cohorts, API pricing, and technical specifications. Any documented test setup differences remain visible.

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distinct benchmarks
25
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Specifications

General specifications

Release date, availability, context window, architecture, and published parameter counts at a glance. Undisclosed details remain marked as unavailable.

Specifications for Grok 4.3 and DeepSeek-V4-Pro
AttributeGrok 4.3DeepSeek-V4-Pro
ProviderxAIDeepSeek
ReleasedMay 6, 2026Apr 24, 2026
AvailabilityActiveActive
Model typeProprietaryOpen Weights
ParametersNot published1.6T, 49B active
ArchitectureNot publishedMixture of Experts
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Knowledge cutoffNot publishedNot published
Technical sourcesModelModel, Context

Pricing

API pricing compared

The table compares official standard API rates per 1M tokens, including published cache pricing. Batch, fast, priority, regional surcharges, tool calls, and cloud platform pricing are excluded.

API pricing for Grok 4.3 and DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Price typeGrok 4.3DeepSeek-V4-Pro
API input$1.25 ≤200K / $2.5 >200K$0.66 (Off-Peak)
API output$2.5 ≤200K / $5 >200K$1.98 (Off-Peak)
Cache read$0.2 ≤200K / $0.4 >200K$0.02 (Off-Peak)
Cache write (5 min.)Not listedNot listed
Cache write (1 hr.)Not listedNot listed
Price verified09/22/2026 Source09/22/2026 Source
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: peak pricing is $1.32 input / $3.96 output per 1M tokens during Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 01:00-04:00 UTC; Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 06:00-10:00 UTC; off-peak rates apply at all other times.
Grok 4.3DeepSeek-V4-Pro
API inputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Grok 4.3$1.25
DeepSeek-V4-ProLower price$0.66
API outputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Grok 4.3$2.5
DeepSeek-V4-ProLower price$1.98
Cache readUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
Grok 4.3$0.2
DeepSeek-V4-ProLower price$0.022

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Pricing by provider

Direct developer pricing and provider endpoint tariffs routed through OpenRouter are listed separately. Prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Context-dependent direct tiers plus regional, Flex, Priority, and other OpenRouter tariffs remain individually identifiable.

Provider pricing for Grok 4.3 and DeepSeek-V4-Pro
ModelProviderPurchase route and tariffInput per 1M tokensOutput per 1M tokensSource
Grok 4.3xAIDirect from developerUp to 200,000 context tokensLowest listed price: $1.25Lowest listed price: $2.5Source09/22/2026
xAIDirect from developerAbove 200,000 context tokens$2.5$5Source09/22/2026
xAIVia OpenRouterxaiLowest listed price: $1.25Lowest listed price: $2.5Source10/02/2026
xAIVia OpenRouterxai/priority$2.5$5Source10/02/2026
xAIVia OpenRouterxai/zdrLowest listed price: $1.25Lowest listed price: $2.5Source10/02/2026
xAIVia OpenRouterxai/zdr/priority$2.5$5Source10/02/2026
DeepSeek-V4-ProDeepSeekDirect from developerStandard API$0.66$1.98Source09/22/2026
AlibabaVia OpenRouteralibaba$0.5808$1.7424Source10/02/2026
AtlasCloudVia OpenRouteratlas-cloud/fp8$1.32$3.96Source10/02/2026
BaiduVia OpenRouterbaidu/fp8Lowest listed price: $0.132Lowest listed price: $0.396Source10/02/2026
CloudflareVia OpenRoutercloudflare$1.32$3.96Source10/02/2026
CoreWeaveVia OpenRoutercoreweave/fp8$1.31$3.96Source10/02/2026
DeepInfraVia OpenRouterdeepinfra/fp8$1.3$2.6Source10/02/2026
DeepSeekVia OpenRouterdeepseek$0.66$1.98Source10/02/2026
DigitalOceanVia OpenRouterdigitalocean$1.32$3.96Source10/02/2026
GMICloudVia OpenRoutergmicloud/fp8$1.056$3.168Source10/02/2026
IonstreamVia OpenRouterionstream$0.2127$1.7424Source10/02/2026
NextBitVia OpenRouternextbit/fp8$1.056$3.168Source10/02/2026
NovitaVia OpenRouternovita/fp8$0.99$2.97Source10/02/2026
ParasailVia OpenRouterparasail/fp8$1.32$3.96Source10/02/2026
PhalaVia OpenRouterphala$0.957$2.8776Source10/02/2026
RelaceVia OpenRouterrelace/fp4$0.9$2.7Source10/02/2026
SiliconFlowVia OpenRoutersiliconflow/fp8$1.32$3.96Source10/02/2026
StreamLakeVia OpenRouterstreamlake$0.66$1.98Source10/02/2026
TogetherVia OpenRoutertogether$1.32$3.96Source10/02/2026
VeniceVia OpenRoutervenice$1.65$4.95Source10/02/2026
WaferVia OpenRouterwafer$0.33$4.2Source10/02/2026

Performance

Shared benchmarks

Only published results with the same benchmark version, task, metric, and comparison cohort are paired. Different reasoning levels, agents, harnesses, or output limits appear directly in the table.

Capability profile from matched benchmarks

Each axis averages directly matched benchmark families. A value of 100 means the stronger value within this pair, not a universal quality score.

255075100CodingReasoningMathematicsKnowledgeFinanceLegalAgentic tasksProductivity
Grok 4.3
DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Coding: 75.5 / 100 (6 benchmark families)
Reasoning: 99.2 / 98.9 (2 benchmark families)
Mathematics: 98.2 / 100 (1 benchmark family)
Knowledge: 98.2 / 100 (2 benchmark families)
Finance: 79.5 / 98.3 (6 benchmark families)
Legal: 68.8 / 98.8 (4 benchmark families)
Agentic tasks: 79.9 / 100 (2 benchmark families)
Productivity: 82.1 / 100 (1 benchmark family)

54 matched rows from 23 benchmark families were considered. The radar shows 8 of 12 comparable categories.

Grok 4.3DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Code MigrationOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.36.795 %
DeepSeek-V4-ProWinner26.201 %
CorpFin v2Overall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.3Winner68.532 %
DeepSeek-V4-Pro61.383 %
CyberBench v1.1Patch. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.364.407 %
DeepSeek-V4-ProWinner79.661 %
EMBOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.318.394 %
DeepSeek-V4-ProWinner51.623 %
Finance Agent (v2)Overall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.337.728 %
DeepSeek-V4-ProWinner44.083 %
GPQA DiamondOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.3Winner91.414 %
DeepSeek-V4-Pro89.394 %
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkOverall · Task fully resolved. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.30.417 %
DeepSeek-V4-ProWinner3.75 %
IOIIOI 2024. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical
Grok 4.313 %
DeepSeek-V4-ProHigher measured value31.333 %
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.315.385 %
DeepSeek-V4-ProWinner23.077 %
LegalBenchOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.3Winner84.458 %
DeepSeek-V4-Pro80.323 %
LiveCodeBench v6Overall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.384.494 %
DeepSeek-V4-ProWinner87.484 %
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
Grok 4.31,441.593
DeepSeek-V4-ProWinner1,457.519

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Benchmark scores for Grok 4.3 and DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Benchmark and taskGrok 4.3DeepSeek-V4-ProSource
Code MigrationOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
6.795 %
Winner26.201 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
CorpFin v2Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
Winner68.532 %
61.383 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/12/2026
CyberBench v1.1Patch
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
64.407 %
Winner79.661 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/03/2026
EMBOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
18.394 %
Winner51.623 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
37.728 %
Winner44.083 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
GPQA DiamondOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
Winner91.414 %
89.394 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkOverall · Task fully resolved
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: task resolution rateScoring: Higher is better
0.417 %
Winner3.75 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
IOIIOI 2024
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
13 %
Higher measured value31.333 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: all-pass rateScoring: Higher is better
15.385 %
Winner23.077 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
LegalBenchOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
Winner84.458 %
80.323 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
84.494 %
Winner87.484 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Snapshot: grok-4.3, Harness: Arena text, style control
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro, Harness: Arena text, style control
Grok 4.3: Style-controlled Arena rating from 71,054 anonymous pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Style-controlled Arena rating from 57,564 anonymous pairwise votes.
1,441.593
95% confidence interval: ±3.641The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
Winner1,457.519
95% confidence interval: ±3.905The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
LMArena
Source details
Data as of: 09/25/2026
MedCodeOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
38.068 %
Winner40.455 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/26/2026
MedScribeOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
74.399 %
Winner75.144 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/26/2026
MMLU-ProOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
85.838 %
Winner87.249 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
Tie0 %
Tie0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Public Benefits Bench v1.1Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
51.691 %
Winner62.923 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
SkillsBenchOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterSettings: Harness: OpenHands
40.638 %
Winner51.274 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
SWE-bench VerifiedOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
71.4 %
Winner77.4 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
34.416 %
Winner58.499 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
TaxEval v2Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
70.81 %
Winner72.077 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.0Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
43.446 %
Winner56.18 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 06/04/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
41.948 %
Winner50.187 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Vals IndexOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: weighted index scoreScoring: Higher is better
24.294 %
Winner42.888 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterSettings: Harness: OpenHands
19.403 %
Winner49.931 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Code MigrationCLI
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
9.06 %
Higher measured value15.47 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
CorpFin v2Exact Pages
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Higher measured value66.783 %
59.207 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
CyberBench v1.1PoC
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is better
30.508 %
Winner57.627 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/03/2026
EMBComps
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
16.558 %
Higher measured value57.434 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Adjustments
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
31.863 %
Higher measured value41.586 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
GPQA DiamondFew-Shot CoT
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
Higher measured value92.929 %
90.404 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkAntitrust Competition · Criteria passed
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: criteria pass rateScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
61.594 %
Higher measured value83.696 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/07/2026
IOIIOI 2025
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
17.667 %
Higher measured value40.333 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: all-pass rateScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
25.758 %
Higher measured value28.788 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
LegalBenchConclusion Tasks
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
Higher measured value89.912 %
89.117 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Easy
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
98.447 %
Higher measured value98.758 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Snapshot: grok-4.3, Harness: Arena text, style control
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro-high-preview, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena text, style control
Grok 4.3: Style-controlled Arena rating from 71,054 anonymous pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Style-controlled Arena rating from 54,884 anonymous pairwise votes.
1,441.593
95% confidence interval: ±3.641The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
Higher measured value1,454.675
95% confidence interval: ±3.973The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
LMArena
Source details
Data as of: 09/25/2026
MMLU-ProBiology
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
Higher measured value93.305 %
92.887 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
ProgramBenchAlmost Resolved
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
No direct winner0 %
No direct winner0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
SkillsBenchNo Skills
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Harness: OpenHands, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Harness: OpenHands, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
19.305 %
Higher measured value27.226 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/07/2026
SWE-bench Verified<15 min fix
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
83.505 %
Higher measured value87.629 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/08/2026
TaxEval v2Correctness
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
No direct winner60.589 %
No direct winner60.589 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.0Easy
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Output limit: 128,000 tokens
66.667 %
Higher measured value75 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 06/04/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Easy
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Higher measured value75 %
66.667 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Vals IndexCorpFin v2
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1.2Metric: benchmark scoreScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Higher measured value70.047 %
61.888 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Code MigrationCOBOL
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
0 %
Higher measured value58.393 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
CorpFin v2Max Fitting Context
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Higher measured value68.765 %
63.054 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
EMBDataroom
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
29.176 %
Higher measured value62.572 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Finance Agent (v2)All-Pass
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
26.373 %
Higher measured value31.448 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
GPQA DiamondZero-Shot CoT
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
Higher measured value89.899 %
88.384 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkAntitrust Competition · Task fully resolved
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: task resolution rateScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
No direct winner0 %
No direct winner0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/07/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: weighted partial-credit scoreScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
73.866 %
Higher measured value83.372 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
LegalBenchInterpretation Tasks
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
Higher measured value81.805 %
75.169 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Hard
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
66 %
Higher measured value72.571 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlBusiness, management and finance
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Snapshot: grok-4.3, Harness: Arena text, style control
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Snapshot: deepseek-v4-pro, Harness: Arena text, style control
Grok 4.3: Style-controlled Arena rating from 14,291 anonymous pairwise votes.DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Style-controlled Arena rating from 11,411 anonymous pairwise votes.
1,439.761
95% confidence interval: ±6.298The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
Winner1,459.704
95% confidence interval: ±6.73The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
LMArena
Source details
Data as of: 09/25/2026
MMLU-ProBusiness
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
Higher measured value92.902 %
91.888 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
ProgramBenchFully Resolved
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
No direct winner0 %
No direct winner0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
SkillsBenchWith Skills
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Harness: OpenHands, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Harness: OpenHands, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
40.638 %
Higher measured value51.274 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/07/2026
SWE-bench Verified>4 hours
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 256,000 tokens
Higher measured value33.333 %
0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/08/2026
TaxEval v2Stepwise Reasoning
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
81.03 %
Higher measured value83.565 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.0Hard
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Output limit: 128,000 tokens
24.444 %
Higher measured value33.333 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 06/04/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Hard
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Output limit: 128,000 tokens
14.444 %
Higher measured value31.111 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Vals IndexFinance Agent v2
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1.2Metric: benchmark scoreScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
37.766 %
Higher measured value44.081 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Code MigrationCode Quality
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: mean reviewer code-quality ratingScoring: Higher is betterGrok 4.3: Reasoning: high, Temperature: 0.7, Top P: 0.95
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: Reasoning: max, Output limit: 384,000 tokens
3.098 / 5
Higher measured value3.401 / 5
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Our model tests

Our tests

Compare how the models respond to the same prompt. Each test shows the first attempt, with no subsequent fixes to the generated code. These results do not contribute to an overall score.

Pelican on a bicycle

A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Grok 4.3

Grok 4.3: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Reasoning (requested): high

First attempt
Run date
7 Sept 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
x-ai/grok-4.3
API model reported in response
x-ai/grok-4.3
Reasoning setting
high
Pinned endpoint
xAI | x-ai/grok-4.3-20260430
Temperature
Provider default
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating
Response time
149 s

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

API access was unavailable for this run. The model was not evaluated.

Reasoning (requested): high

First attempt
Run date
7 Sept 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813
Reasoning setting
high
Pinned endpoint
DeepSeek | deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-20260813
Temperature
Provider default
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Not run

Not yet visually reviewed. A successful recording does not confirm correct physics or full compliance with the prompt.

Prompt and test conditions

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens

Task origin (Simon Willison)

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