DeepSeek V4 vs Llama 4 Scout
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
DeepSeek V4
DeepSeek · Mar 2026
The open-weights shock of 2026: ~81% SWE-bench Verified, a 1M context and MIT license at $0.30/$0.50 per million tokens.
Llama 4 Scout
Meta · Apr 2025
A 10M-token context window — still the largest ever shipped — in a 109B MoE that fits on a single H100.
The verdict
These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. Llama 4 Scout is about 1.2x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Llama 4 Scout also takes 10M of context versus 1M for DeepSeek V4.
Specs & pricing
| DeepSeek V4 | Llama 4 Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 | $0.18 |
| Output price / 1M | $0.5 | $0.59 |
| Context window | 1M | 10M |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Open weights | yes (MIT) | yes (Llama 4 Community License) |
| Reasoning model | yes | no |
| Multimodal input | text | text, image |
| Knowledge cutoff | Dec 2025 | Aug 2024 |
| Released | Mar 2026 | Apr 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $3.75 | $2.68 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, DeepSeek V4 or Llama 4 Scout?
- These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. Llama 4 Scout is about 1.2x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Llama 4 Scout also takes 10M of context versus 1M for DeepSeek V4.
- Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 or Llama 4 Scout?
- DeepSeek V4 costs $0.3/$0.5 per million input/output tokens, while Llama 4 Scout costs $0.18/$0.59. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $3.75 versus $2.68.
- Which model is better for coding, DeepSeek V4 or Llama 4 Scout?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.