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 Heavy

xAI

Grok-4 Heavy is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 79.5% across 6 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2025 (100.0%), HMMT25 (96.7%), GPQA (88.4%). The model shows particular specialization in general tasks with an average performance of 79.5%. 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 Heavy

xAI

2025-07-09

5 months newer

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

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

Grok-4 Heavy

Max Context:-

Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Average Score:68.7%
xAI

Grok-4 Heavy

+15.2%
Average Score:83.9%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

code
+2.7%
82.1%
general
75.3%
xAI

Grok-4 Heavy

code
79.4%
general
+4.3%
79.5%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Grok-4 Heavy

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 Heavy

0 providers
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Avg Score:68.7%
Providers:4
xAI

Grok-4 Heavy

+15.2%
Avg Score:83.9%
Providers:0