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-5

OpenAI

GPT-5 is a multimodal language model developed by OpenAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 70.1% across 35 benchmarks. It excels particularly in SWE-Lancer (IC-Diamond subset) (100.0%), COLLIE (99.0%), Tau2 telecom (96.7%). It supports a 528K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents OpenAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

OpenAI

GPT-5

OpenAI

2025-08-07

6 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

$8.51 cheaper
Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
OpenAI

GPT-5

Input:$1.25
Output:$10.00

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
OpenAI

GPT-5

Larger context
Max Context:528.0K

Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Average Score:66.2%
OpenAI

GPT-5

+19.1%
Average Score:85.3%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+41.8%
97.3%
code
82.1%
general
+1.0%
75.3%
OpenAI

GPT-5

math
55.5%
code
+11.3%
93.4%
general
74.3%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

GPT-5

2024-09-30

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-5

2 providers

OpenAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 2ms

ZeroEval

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 2ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Avg Score:66.2%
Providers:4
OpenAI

GPT-5

+19.1%
Avg Score:85.3%
Providers:2