DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) vs Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek or Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) by Google? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 20.40
Total cost: $451

GoogleGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)On the open-weights frontier

Intelligence: 8.90
Total cost: $14.7

Verdict

Depends on your budget

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) scores 11.5 points higher (20.4 vs 8.9) but costs 31× as much to run the benchmark ($451 vs $14.7; mid-range vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) when you need intelligence above 8.9, and Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) when 8.9 is enough.

Metric	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning)	Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	20.4	8.9	−56.4% Gemma 4 E4B (Reasonin… is 56.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$450.76	$14.68	−96.7% Gemma 4 E4B (Reasonin… is 96.7% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	6.81s	57.75s	+748.0% Gemma 4 E4B (Reasonin… is 748.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.32 / $3.96	$0.02 / $0.10
Input modalities	Text	Text, Image, Speech, Video

Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning): 56.4% less intelligence, 96.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 748.0% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.

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