DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 vs Laguna S 2.1: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is developed by DeepSeek, while Laguna S 2.1 comes from Poolside. Laguna S 2.1 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 118 billion for Laguna S 2.1.
The two models share 2 published benchmarks. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 leads on 2 of them. The widest gaps are on Toolathlon, where DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 scores 74.0% against 49.7%; Terminal-Bench 2.1, where DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 scores 88.0% against 70.2%. Averaged across everything we track, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 sits at 79.0% and Laguna S 2.1 at 57.4%.
Laguna S 2.1 is the cheaper API at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, roughly 13 times cheaper than DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 at $1.32 and $3.96. Both accept a context window of about 1M tokens. On tooling, only DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 supports function calling and only DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 offers structured output.
| Characteristic | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | Laguna S 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | DeepSeek | Poolside |
| Release Date | August 13, 2026 | July 21, 2026 |
| Parameters | 1.6T | 118B |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 393K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.32 | $0.10 |
| Output Price / 1M | $3.96 | $0.20 |
| Average Score | 79.0% | 57.4% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Toolathlon | 74.0% | 49.7% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.0% | 70.2% |
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Verdict
Laguna S 2.1 leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 — 0.8, Laguna S 2.1 — 0.6.
Laguna S 2.1 is 17.6x cheaper: input $0.10/1M vs $1.32/1M tokens.
Laguna S 2.1 supports a larger context: 1M vs 1M tokens.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 is newer: released 8/13/2026 vs 7/21/2026.
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