DeepSeek-V4-Pro Officially Released: Enhanced Agent Capabilities and Peak/Off-Peak API Pricing
vista8 · x · 2026-08-13
DeepSeek-V4-Pro is now generally available across APP, web, and API platforms.
Key Updates:
- Significant Agent Improvements: Demonstrates massive performance gains across benchmarks like HLE, Terminal Bench 2.1, and DSBench.
- Native Responses API Support: Specifically adapted for Codex with a one-click configuration script.
- Flexible Thinking Modes: Introduces low / high / max thinking intensity levels for different task complexities.
- API Pricing Changes: Starting Aug 17, a peak/off-peak pricing model will be adopted, offering 50% discounts during off-peak hours to encourage optimized resource usage.
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