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-4

xAI

Grok-4 is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 63.1% across 7 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2025 (91.7%), HMMT25 (90.0%), GPQA (87.5%). It supports a 264K 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 xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

xAI

Grok-4

xAI

2025-07-09

5 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

$15.26 cheaper
Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
xAI

Grok-4

Input:$3.00
Output:$15.00

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
xAI

Grok-4

Larger context
Max Context:264.0K

Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Average Score:46.2%
xAI

Grok-4

+14.6%
Average Score:60.8%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

code
+3.1%
82.1%
general
+5.9%
75.3%
reasoning
1.3%
xAI

Grok-4

code
79.0%
general
69.3%
reasoning
+14.6%
15.9%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Grok-4

2024-12-31

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
xAI

Grok-4

2 providers

xAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms

ZeroEval

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Avg Score:46.2%
Providers:4
xAI

Grok-4

+14.6%
Avg Score:60.8%
Providers:2