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DeepSeek V4 Pro
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OPEN WEIGHTSHOSTEDAGENTSCODING HELPFAST ANSWERSWRITING HELP
RANKED #35 OF 232 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #58 OF 6,579 · VIBE SCORE 6.5 · 3,440 VOICES
A fast, cost-effective AI assistant built for heavy coding, problem solving, and writing.
HAPPY8.5
737 mentions
SAD6.5
335 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 5,537 voices
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download DeepSeek V4 Pro once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
1.6T parameters (49B active), native FP4/FP8 is ~865 GB, 4-bit quant is ~870 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Mac Studio (M2 Ultra, 192GB Unified Memory)
192 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$4,500 USEDToo large for consumer hardware. Even at 2-bit, 1.6T requires ~400GB+ VRAM. Will not run locally on a single consumer ma
- SWEET SPOT
Mac Studio Cluster (2x Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB)
384 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$9,000 USEDCan run a heavily quantized 2-bit MLX model at ~1-2 tok/s using distributed compute, but highly impractical.
- FULL POWER
8x NVIDIA H200 SXM5 (141GB each) Server Node
1,128 GB HBM3E VRAM
~$300,000 NEWNative FP4/FP8 or 4-bit quant, full 1M context, ~15-20 tok/s.
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
- ▶ VIDEO · YOUTUBEDeepSeek V4 Pro at 2-Bit?! | Local AI Cluster vs 1.6T Params
- ▶ VIDEO · YOUTUBEDeepSeek V4 Setup and Official Free Tier Guide
- ▶ VIDEO · YOUTUBEClaude Code for FREE Using DeepSeek V4 Pro + NVIDIA API (No GPU Needed)
- ▶ VIDEO · YOUTUBEHow to Run DeepSeek TUI for FREE Using NVIDIA NIM (No Credit Card) | Part 2
WILL MY BOX RUN DEEPSEEK V4 PRO?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long DeepSeek V4 Pro takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMMac Studio (M2 Ultra, 192GB Unified Memory) | SWEET SPOTMac Studio Cluster (2x Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB) | FULL POWER8x NVIDIA H200 SXM5 (141GB each) Server Node |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | —★★★★★ | ~5.6 MIN★★★★★ | ~29 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | —★★★★★ | ~17 MIN★★★★★ | ~86 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | —★★★★★ | ~89 MIN★★★★★ | ~7.6 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | —★★★★★ | ~4.6 HR★★★★★ | ~24 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | —★★★★★ | ~2.8 HR★★★★★ | ~14 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. A DASH MEANS NO SPEED WAS RESEARCHED FOR THAT RIG. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users love DeepSeek V4 Pro for its quick responses, affordability, and strong coding help. However, people complain about frequent outages, occasional hallucinations, and unwanted refusals.
2395 POSTS · 1045 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY · X · LEMMY · GITHUB · DEV.TO · DEV FORUMS · BLOG
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (27 mentions)
- Popular for coding help (26 mentions)
- Answers come back fast (6 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (6 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (5 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (4 mentions)
- Loses the thread in long chats (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
27 thumbs up · 20 thumbs down
- Help with codePEOPLE LOVE THIS
26 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightMIXED FEELINGS
4 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- SpeedPEOPLE LOVE THIS
6 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Long conversationsA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“DeepSeek V4 Pro Beta must be so good that they plan to increase price before releasing it.”
- FROM X >
“New DeepSeek V4 Pro jailbroken 🎉 Got a MDMA guide, Anthrax guide and Ransomware in python.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Is it just me or deepseek v4 pro is hallucinating a lot these days?.”
- FROM X >
“deepseek v4 pro 0831 + deepseek harness cost down in 90% the right way to use I love the slogan: everything is plugin.”
- FROM BLOG >
“Modern coding agents have become so effective at finding flaws that the slightest hint at a new bug can be enough information for them to find it, something Anil has been able to demonstrate using his own agents, switching to DeepSeek V4 Pro when Claude Fable refused the task.”
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for DeepSeek V4 Pro.
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GLM 5.3> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2026-07-31 · 1051 UPVOTESDeepSeek-V4-Flash has been updated, "The official release of DeepSeek-V4-Pro will follow soon"
DeepSeek-V4-Flash has been updated, "The official release of DeepSeek-V4-Pro will follow soon"
- REDDIT · 2026-08-02 · 1035 UPVOTESSetting up of a 16xGB10 (DGX Spark) cluster
Setting up of a 16xGB10 (DGX Spark) cluster
- X · 2026-08-14 · 922 UPVOTESGLM-5.3 has released, beating Fable & the new DeepSeek V4-Pro 0813 from just yesterday on Terminal-Bench. It used GL
GLM-5.3 has released, beating Fable & the new DeepSeek V4-Pro 0813 from just yesterday on Terminal-Bench. It used GL
- X · 2026-08-14 · 780 UPVOTESDeepseek-V4-Pro is not a Fable level. It is even worse than Opus-5. Cheap price, but not much reason to use it. Deepseek
Deepseek-V4-Pro is not a Fable level. It is even worse than Opus-5. Cheap price, but not much reason to use it. Deepseek
- REDDIT · 2026-05-22 · 653 UPVOTESdeepseek v4 pro price will be reduced to the current price permanently accoding to official website
deepseek v4 pro price will be reduced to the current price permanently accoding to official website
- HACKER NEWS · 2026-06-17 · 537 UPVOTESUS holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks
US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks
- REDDIT · 2026-08-13 · 525 UPVOTESdeepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 · Hugging Face
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 · Hugging Face
- REDDIT · 2026-05-22 · 525 UPVOTESfree deepseek v4 pro...thoughts?
free deepseek v4 pro...thoughts?
- REDDIT · 2026-08-13 · 506 UPVOTESDeepSeek: We’re launching DeepSeek-V4-Pro today!
DeepSeek: We’re launching DeepSeek-V4-Pro today!
- REDDIT · 2026-08-12 · 486 UPVOTESStill early but some of first benchmarks for DeepSeek V4-Pro 0813 lands at 87.9, within a tenth of a point of Fable 5's 88.0, at roughly…
Still early but some of first benchmarks for DeepSeek V4-Pro 0813 lands at 87.9, within a tenth of a point of Fable 5's 88.0, at roughly 57x cheaper on output pricing
- X · 2026-08-14 · 471 UPVOTESGLM-5.3 shows how much capability may still be hiding inside today’s largest base models and how relevant post-training
GLM-5.3 shows how much capability may still be hiding inside today’s largest base models and how relevant post-training
- HACKER NEWS · 2026-06-08 · 397 UPVOTESDeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision
DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision