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.

xAI

Grok-2

xAI

Grok-2 is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 76.5% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (93.6%), HumanEval (88.4%), MMLU (87.5%). It supports a 136K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

xAI

Grok-2

xAI

2024-08-13

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

5 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

$9.26 cheaper
Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
xAI

Grok-2

Input:$2.00
Output:$10.00

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

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

Grok-2

Max Context:136.0K

Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+9.1%
Average Score:82.1%
xAI

Grok-2

Average Score:73.0%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+24.8%
97.3%
code
82.1%
general
+2.3%
75.3%
xAI

Grok-2

math
72.5%
code
+6.3%
88.4%
general
73.0%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores

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
xAI

Grok-2

1 providers

xAI

Throughput: 85 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+9.1%
Avg Score:82.1%
Providers:4
xAI

Grok-2

Avg Score:73.0%
Providers:1