Data points: 79
Model compare
DeepSeek R1 vs GPT-4
The readout for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-4, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Key Takeaways
Weighted outcome: DeepSeek R1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek R1 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 96 to 4.
Evidence depth
79 data points
Includes 6 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 10 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with DeepSeek R1
The charts below split 16 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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Comparison sheet
This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-4: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 96.0 pts | 4.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 3 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage | First-token latency |
| Context window | 64K tokens | 8.2K tokens |
| Max output | 16K tokens | 4.1K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text Output Text |
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
Model metadata
Model metadata
| Model compare | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Released | May 2025 | May 2023 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-07-31 | 2021-09-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | deepseek/deepseek-r1 | openai/gpt-4 |
| References | No data | No data |
When to choose each model
This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-4: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek R1 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage).
GPT-4
GPT-4 has these operational advantages: First-token latency.
Benchmark score comparison
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Category performance
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
- Model A coverage
- 6 / 8
- Model B coverage
- 3 / 8
- Shared
- 3 shared categories
Avg. score
DeepSeek R1
47.6
Avg. score
GPT-4
40.5
Agents
DeepSeek R1
Coding
DeepSeek R1 leads by 5.6
Reasoning
DeepSeek R1 leads by 13.0
Knowledge
DeepSeek R1
Math
DeepSeek R1 leads by 16.3
Multilingual
No data
Multimodal
No data
Instruction following
DeepSeek R1
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
DeepSeek R1
winner$3.00/M
Rank #98/185 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$60.00/M
Rank #178/185 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner$1.76/M
Rank #116/185 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$37.50/M
Rank #183/185 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner$1.35/M
Rank #134/185 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$30.00/M
Rank #183/185 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner84.4%
Rank #32/129 · confidence 4
GPT-4
56.2%
Rank #121/129 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner81.3%
Rank #92/217 · confidence 4
GPT-4
34.9%
Rank #210/217 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner98.3%
Rank #6/73 · confidence 4
GPT-4
56.8%
Rank #66/73 · confidence 4
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
ChatGTP30 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 47 tok/s / 15233ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
OpenRouter24 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 43 tok/s / 16905ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Dream API13 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 10 tok/s / 8427ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency 42 tok/s / 819ms input / output No data |
ocool AI13 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 104 tok/s / 2242ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Gpt API10 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 38 tok/s / 2259ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
DeepSeek R1 deepseek-r1 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | GPT-4 gpt-4 speed / latency No data input / output $2.05/M/$4.11/M | |
DeepSeek R1 deepseek-r1 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-4 gpt-4 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | |
DeepSeek R1 deepseek-r1 speed / latency No data input / output $0.384/M/$1.53/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.011/request | |
DeepSeek R1 deepseek-r1 speed / latency No data input / output $0.384/M/$1.53/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.011/request | |
DeepSeek R1 deepseek-r1 speed / latency No data input / output $0.110/M/$0.438/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.014/request |
FAQ
Weighted outcome: DeepSeek R1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
- Why is this comparison indexable?
- It has 6 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
- Are missing metrics invented?
- No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.