DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 vs Inkling-Small: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is developed by DeepSeek, while Inkling-Small comes from Thinking Machines Lab. Inkling-Small was released in July 2026, and DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 followed a month later in August 2026. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is the larger model at roughly 1.6 trillion parameters, against 276 billion for Inkling-Small.
The two models share 2 published benchmarks. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 leads on 2 of them. The widest gaps are on Terminal-Bench 2.1, where DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 scores 88.0% against 64.7%; Toolathlon, where DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 scores 74.0% against 54.4%. Averaged across everything we track, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 sits at 79.0% and Inkling-Small at 60.3%.
Inkling-Small is the cheaper API at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, roughly 4 times cheaper than DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 at $1.32 and $3.96. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 256K for Inkling-Small. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 accepts text as input, while Inkling-Small accepts text, images, and audio. On tooling, only DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 supports function calling and only DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 offers structured output.
| Characteristic | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | Inkling-Small |
|---|---|---|
| Company | DeepSeek | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Release Date | August 13, 2026 | July 30, 2026 |
| Parameters | 1.6T | 276B |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 256K |
| Context (output) | 393K | 256K |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.32 | $0.30 |
| Output Price / 1M | $3.96 | $1.20 |
| Average Score | 79.0% | 60.3% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.0% | 64.7% |
| Toolathlon | 74.0% | 54.4% |
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Verdict
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 — 0.8, Inkling-Small — 0.6.
Inkling-Small is 3.5x cheaper: input $0.30/1M vs $1.32/1M tokens.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 supports a larger context: 1M vs 256K tokens.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is newer: released 8/13/2026 vs 7/30/2026.
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