Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V2.5

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V2.5 is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 71.1% across 15 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (95.1%), MT-Bench (90.2%), HumanEval (89.0%). The model is available through 3 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

xAI

Grok-3 Mini is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. This model demonstrates exceptional performance with an average score of 87.8% across 4 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2024 (95.8%), AIME 2025 (90.8%), GPQA (84.0%). The model shows particular specialization in general tasks with an average performance of 90.2%. 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 2025, it represents xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V2.5

DeepSeek

2024-05-08

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

xAI

2025-02-17

9 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V2.5

$0.38 cheaper
Input:$0.14
Output:$0.28
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Input:$0.30
Output:$0.50

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V2.5

Max Context:16.4K
Parameters:236.0B
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Larger context
Max Context:136.0K

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V2.5

general
68.4%
code
66.1%
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

general
+21.8%
90.2%
code
+14.3%
80.4%
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Grok-3 Mini

2024-11-17

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V2.5

3 providers

Hyperbolic

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 63 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

DeepSeek

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

1 providers

xAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V2.5

Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:3
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:1