DeepSeeek V4 is out, touting some disruptive wins over Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude

DeepSeek V4-Pro scores 3,206 on Codeforces, ahead of GPT-5.4 and Gemini, while costing $3.48 per million tokens versus Claude’s $25, making it one of the most price-competitive frontier-class AI releases in 2026.