DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Inkling Small vs Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash comes out ahead, 72 to 68 and 67 on our weighted score, though Inkling Small is 47% cheaper per token.
DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
67/100- ECI155.9
- Price$0.66 / $1.98
- Context1M
Thinking MachinesInkling Small
68/100- ECI150.5
- Price$0.58 / $1.44
- Context1.05M
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 3.6 Flash
72/100- ECI154.7
- Price$0.75 / $3.75
- Context1.05M
Gemini 3.6 Flash is our pick
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Inkling Small (68) and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (67). It leads on inputs & features. Inkling Small wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Capabilities Index (ECI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 155.9 · Gemini 3.6 Flash 154.7 · Inkling Small 150.5
- Lowest priceInkling SmallInkling Small $0.795 · DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.99 · Gemini 3.6 Flash $1.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextInkling Small and Gemini 3.6 FlashInkling Small 1,048,576 · Gemini 3.6 Flash 1,048,576 · DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 1,000,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 3.6 FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: Text · Inkling Small: Text, Images, Audio · Gemini 3.6 Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
- Self-hostingDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling SmallPublishes downloadable weights (MIT and Apache-2.0)
| Measure | Weight | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Inkling Small | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 84 | 77 | 82 |
| Price | 25% | 48 | 52 | 40 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 45 | 70 | 100 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 61 | 61 |
| Overall | 100% | 67/100 | 68/100 | 72/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek | Inkling SmallThinking Machines | Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 155.9 (best) | 150.5 | 154.7 |
| ECI rank | #35 of 165 (best) | #58 of 165 | #42 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 91.7% | 88.5% | 94.1% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 64.6% (best) | 46.3% | 59.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 98.6% (best) | 90.0% | 94.2% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 52.9% | 19.1% | 66.2% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.66 | $0.58 (best) | $0.75 |
| Output | $1.98 | $1.44 (best) | $3.75 |
| Cached input | $0.022 (best) | $0.116 | $0.075 |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.99 | $0.795 (best) | $1.50 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official DeepSeek API | Official Thinking Machines API | Official Google API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 1,048,576 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 384,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 65,536 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | Yes | Yes |
| Video | No | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · high · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yesminimal · low · medium · high |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenMIT | OpenApache-2.0 | Proprietary |
| API model ID | deepseek-v4-pro | thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small | gemini-3.6-flash |
| API providers | 40 (best) | 12 | 31 |
| Released | Aug 13, 2026 | Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | Mar 2026 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813$10.56
- Inkling Small$8.68
- Gemini 3.6 Flash$15.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Inkling Small or Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Inkling Small (68) and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (67). It leads on inputs & features. Inkling Small wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Inkling Small or Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Inkling Small is cheaper at $0.58 input / $1.44 output per million tokens (official Thinking Machines API price). DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.66 input / $1.98 output per million tokens (official DeepSeek API price); Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 input / $3.75 output per million tokens (official Google API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.795 per million tokens for Inkling Small versus $0.99 for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (1.2× as much) and $1.50 for Gemini 3.6 Flash (1.9× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 155.9 (#35 of 165), Gemini 3.6 Flash 154.7 (#42 of 165) and Inkling Small 150.5 (#58 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (154.2–158.1 vs 153.0–156.7), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 3.6 Flash 94.1%, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 91.7%, Inkling Small 88.5%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 64.6%, Gemini 3.6 Flash 59.0%, Inkling Small 46.3%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 98.6%, Gemini 3.6 Flash 94.2%, Inkling Small 90.0%; SimpleQA Verified — Gemini 3.6 Flash 66.2%, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 52.9%, Inkling Small 19.1%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Inkling Small and Gemini 3.6 Flash yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Inkling Small and Gemini 3.6 Flash have the largest context windows (1,048,576 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 1,000,000 for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 up to 384,000, Inkling Small up to 1,048,576, Gemini 3.6 Flash up to 65,536 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 accepts text; Inkling Small accepts text, images and audio; Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Gemini 3.6 Flash handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and Inkling Small publishes its weights (MIT and Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 3.6 Flash is proprietary.
Which is newer?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is the newest, released Aug 13, 2026. Inkling Small came out Jul 30, 2026; Gemini 3.6 Flash came out Jul 21, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 3.6 Flash Mar 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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