DeepSeek V3 is 94.4% cheaper for input tokens ($0.14 vs. $2.50 per 1M tokens) and $0.28 vs. $12.50 for output tokens (17.9x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, DeepSeek V3 delivers lower response latency at 410ms TTFT (70ms faster than Grok 4) with 78 vs. 95 tok/s throughput. Grok 4 leads coding evaluations at 73.2% SWE-bench Verified vs. 42.0% for DeepSeek V3 and 86.2% vs. 59.1% on GPQA Diamond.
Verified daily via automated API latency tests and official documentation.
Zero-Shot RAG Verified
Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)
Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.
Metric / Dimension
DeepSeek V3
Grok 4
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$0.14
$2.50
DeepSeek V3 is 17.9x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$0.28
$12.50
DeepSeek V3 (97.8% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.014
$0.500
DeepSeek V3 is 35.7x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$0.14
$2.50
DeepSeek V3 is 17.9x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
131k (8k out)
262k (66k out)
Grok 4 (2.0x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
410ms
480ms
DeepSeek V3 (70ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
78 tok/s
95 tok/s
Grok 4 (+17 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
42%
73.2%
Grok 4 (+31.2% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
59.1%
86.2%
Grok 4 (+27.1% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
75.9%
89.9%
Grok 4 (+14.0% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
90.2%
97.6%
Grok 4 (+7.4% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
75 / 100
57.6 / 100
DeepSeek V3 (+17.4 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
Model production workloads across prompt, completion, and cached context tokens, or switch models on the fly.
DeepSeek V3 is cheaper at $0.14/1M input tokens ($0.28/1M output) compared to $2.50/1M input ($12.50/1M output) for Grok 4.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: DeepSeek V3 or Grok 4?
DeepSeek V3 delivers faster first-token latency at 410ms TTFT (78 tok/s throughput) compared to 480ms TTFT (95 tok/s) for Grok 4.
How do DeepSeek V3 and Grok 4 compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, DeepSeek V3 scores 42% versus 73.2% for Grok 4. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, DeepSeek V3 scores 59.1% versus 86.2% for Grok 4 (and 90.2% vs 97.6% on MATH-500).
When should you choose DeepSeek V3?
Choose DeepSeek V3 (DeepSeek) for cost-sensitive batch text processing, drafting, and open-weight self-hosted inference — offering a 131k context window, 410ms TTFT, and $0.14/1M input pricing ($0.014/1M cached reads).
When should you choose Grok 4?
Choose Grok 4 (xAI) for real-time financial/market intelligence, PhD-level STEM problem solving, and autonomous code generation — offering a 262k context window, 480ms TTFT, and $2.50/1M input pricing ($0.500/1M cached reads).
