Granite 4 H Large vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by IBM
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by DeepSeek
3 providers:
DeepSeek $0.435/$0.870
Fireworks $1.74/$3.48
Together $1.74/$3.48
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|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current mid tier Open weights | Current mid tier |
| Released | Oct 19, 2025 | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.300/Mtok | $0.435/Mtok |
| Output | $1.20/Mtok | $0.870/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.525/Mtok | $0.544/Mtok |
| Cached input | — | $0.004/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: IBM model card / Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| GPQA Diamond | 42 vendor | 90.1 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 20 vendor | 50 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 10 vendor | 48.2 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | 8 vendor | 30 |
| AIME 2025 | 35 vendor | 75 |
| MMMLU | 70 vendor | 82 |
| BFCL | 52 vendor | 72 |
| HumanEval | 75 vendor | 80.6 |
| MATH 500 | 55 vendor | 80 |
| Avg benchmark score | — | 71.5 |
| Perf / dollar | — | 132.4 |
| LiveCodeBench | — | 93.5 |
| MCP Atlas | — | 73.6 |
| BrowseComp | — | 83.4 |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | — | 44.3 |
| AA Agentic Index | — | 36.4 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | — | -10 |
| GDPval-AA v2 | — | 1304.5 ELO |
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena | — | 1457.9 ELO |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
IBM — $0.300/$1.20/Mtok
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DeepSeek — $0.435/$0.870/Mtok
Fireworks — $1.74/$3.48/Mtok
Together — $1.74/$3.48/Mtok
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Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Granite 4 H Large | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.52 | $0.54 | $0.02 (3.7%) |
| 10M tokens | $5.25 | $5.44 | $0.19 (3.5%) |
| 100M tokens | $52.5 | $54.37 | $1.88 (3.5%) |
| 1000M tokens | $525 | $543.75 | $18.75 (3.4%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- cost dominates: $0.525/Mtok blended vs $0.544 — 3.4% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; DeepSeek V4 Pro is closed
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.004/Mtok — 99% off its list input price, a discount Granite 4 H Large doesn't offer
- you need the longer context: 1M tokens vs 128K (7.8×)
- provider flexibility: available from 3 providers, so you can price-shop hosts or fail over
The cheaper option here — Granite 4 H Large costs $0.525/Mtok blended on IBM.
Summary
Granite 4 H Large by IBM costs $0.300/Mtok input and $1.20/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input.
DeepSeek V4 Pro by DeepSeek costs $0.435/Mtok input and $0.870/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text input and is available from 3 providers.
On a blended cost basis, Granite 4 H Large is 3.4% cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro.
The two aren't directly comparable on average benchmark score: DeepSeek V4 Pro has published per-benchmark results, while Granite 4 H Large does not yet.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.