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DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 vs GPT-6 Luna

DeepSeek's DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 and OpenAI's GPT-6 Luna, side by side: what each costs, how much it can read at once, whether you can run it yourself, and where independent tests place it.

  • GPT-6 Lunacheaper per output token
  • 1Mcontext window, GPT-6 Luna
  • 1–0higher placings on boards ranking both
In short

How they differ.

Worked out from the figures below. Prices and specs are the makers' own, read Oct 20, 2026.

  • GPT-6 Luna is cheaper per output token: $0.50 against $3.96 per million tokens, so DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 costs 7.9 times as much.
  • GPT-6 Luna reads more at once: a context window of 1M tokens against 1M.
  • DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 can be downloaded and run on your own machine; GPT-6 Luna can't.
  • On the 1 independent board that rank both, DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 places higher on 1 and GPT-6 Luna on 0.
Side by side

The specs.

DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813GPT-6 Luna
Made byDeepSeek · ChinaOpenAI · US
ReleasedAug 13, 2026Sep 22, 2026
Price per 1M tokens$1.32 in / $3.96 out (peak-hours price)$0.10 in / $0.50 out
Context window1M1M
Takes intexttext, image
Download and run it yourselfYes (MIT)No
Size1.6T parameters, 49B activeNot published
Maker says—“Our most efficient model for focused, high-volume tasks.”
SourcesPrices, Oct 20, 2026Prices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description
Independent tests

Where they place.

Position on each board we follow (1 is best). Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown; the other boards are linked for their own figures.

BoardDeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813GPT-6 Luna
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026Not listed#27156.31
LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not listed#19
Humanity's Last ExamScale AI#16Not listed
Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026#17#19
GPQA Diamond (run by Vals AI, archived)Vals AI, Sep 1, 2026#17Not listed
Vectara hallucination testVectara, Oct 16, 2026#448.6%Not listed