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.

Amazon

Nova Lite

Amazon

Nova Lite is a multimodal language model developed by Amazon. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 70.7% across 27 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (94.5%), ARC-C (92.4%), DocVQA (92.4%). It supports a 302K 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 Amazon's latest advancement in AI technology.

Amazon

Nova Lite

Amazon

2024-11-20

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

2 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
Amazon

Nova Lite

$2.44 cheaper
Input:$0.06
Output:$0.24

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
Amazon

Nova Lite

Larger context
Max Context:302.0K

Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+11.3%
Average Score:84.4%
Amazon

Nova Lite

Average Score:73.1%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+13.4%
97.3%
reasoning
1.3%
code
82.1%
general
+10.4%
75.3%
Amazon

Nova Lite

math
83.9%
reasoning
+91.1%
92.4%
code
+5.4%
87.5%
general
64.9%
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
Amazon

Nova Lite

1 providers

Bedrock

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

+11.3%
Avg Score:84.4%
Providers:4
Amazon

Nova Lite

Avg Score:73.1%
Providers:1