DeepSeek V4 Pro tops global bang-for-buck ranking after 75% price cut
DeepSeek V4 Pro tops global bang-for-buck ranking after 75% price cut
Publish Date: 2026-05-24 08:00:00
Source Domain: www.scmp.com
- Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s flagship V4 Pro model is now ranked as one of the world’s most cost-efficient due to a permanent 75% price cut, outperforming US giants like OpenAI and Anthropic.
- The Hangzhou-based company announced the permanent price reduction following the launch of its V4 generation, which includes the V4 Pro and a lighter variant, V4 Flash.
- DeepSeek’s strategy reflects a different approach by Chinese companies competing in the global AI race, focusing on cost-effectiveness rather than high premium prices.
- According to Artificial Analysis, the price cut positions V4 Pro as a leader in intelligence-per-dollar, a metric gaining popularity amid a global compute supply crunch.
- DeepSeek’s V4 Pro now costs as low as $0.0036 per 1 million cached input tokens and $0.87 per 1 million output tokens, drastically lowering the cost required for performance benchmarks compared to GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 from OpenAI and Anthropic.
