Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base
43
o1-pro
29
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro Base if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.
Knowledge
+15.6 difference
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base
o1-pro
$null / $null
$150 / $600
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N/A
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1M
200K
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro Base if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 43 to 29. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
o1-pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V4 Pro Base is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. DeepSeek V4 Pro Base gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for o1-pro.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 43 to 29.
o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 63.4. DeepSeek V4 Pro Base stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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