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 nano

OpenAI

GPT-5 nano is a multimodal language model developed by OpenAI. The model shows competitive results across 5 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2025 (85.2%), HMMT 2025 (75.6%), GPQA (71.2%). 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 nano

OpenAI

2025-08-07

6 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
OpenAI

GPT-5 nano

$2.29 cheaper
Input:$0.05
Output:$0.40

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
OpenAI

GPT-5 nano

Larger context
Max Context:528.0K

Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+0.3%
Average Score:71.5%
OpenAI

GPT-5 nano

Average Score:71.2%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+87.7%
97.3%
general
+15.1%
75.3%
OpenAI

GPT-5 nano

math
9.6%
general
60.2%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

GPT-5 nano

2024-05-30

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 nano

2 providers

ZeroEval

Throughput: 500 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

OpenAI

Throughput: 500 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+0.3%
Avg Score:71.5%
Providers:4
OpenAI

GPT-5 nano

Avg Score:71.2%
Providers:2