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DeepSeek V4
What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Grok actually say · July 2026
The verdict
DeepSeek V4 appears in 1 AI-ranked category.
GPT —Claude —Gemini —Grok #3
Exceptional efficiency (MoE with low active params) and 1M+ context at competitive cost/performance; strong on math/reasoning/agentic coding; MIT license and proven self-hosting value for scalable app backends.
Where DeepSeek V4 falls short, per the models
- Grok Slightly trails leaders on some specialized long-horizon coding evals; ecosystem less mature than Meta's.
Top alternatives per the models: GLM-5.2 · DeepSeek-V4-Pro · DeepSeek-V3.2 · Kimi K2.5
Rankings are computed from what the models answer, re-polled weekly · raw reasoning shown verbatim · methodology