Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1 is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 74.1% across 20 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.3%), MMLU-Redux (92.9%), CLUEWSC (92.8%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. Released in 2025, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.

OpenAI

GPT-4

OpenAI

GPT-4 is a multimodal language model developed by OpenAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 77.7% across 12 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AI2 Reasoning Challenge (ARC) (96.3%), HellaSwag (95.3%), Uniform Bar Exam (90.0%). The model shows particular specialization in reasoning tasks with an average performance of 93.0%. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly.

OpenAI

GPT-4

OpenAI

2023-06-13

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

1 year newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

$87.26 cheaper
Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
OpenAI

GPT-4

Input:$30.00
Output:$60.00

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Larger context
Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
OpenAI

GPT-4

Max Context:65.5K

Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+17.2%
Average Score:84.8%
OpenAI

GPT-4

Average Score:67.7%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+28.8%
97.3%
reasoning
1.3%
code
+15.1%
82.1%
general
75.3%
OpenAI

GPT-4

math
68.5%
reasoning
+91.7%
93.0%
code
67.0%
general
+0.9%
76.2%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

GPT-4

2022-12-31

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

4 providers

Together

Throughput: 4 tok/s
Latency: 0.6ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 0.9 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 2.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

DeepSeek

Throughput: 9 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms
OpenAI

GPT-4

2 providers

Azure

Throughput: 104 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

OpenAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+17.2%
Avg Score:84.8%
Providers:4
OpenAI

GPT-4

Avg Score:67.7%
Providers:2