Data points: 103
Model compare
The readout for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-4o, before the detailed comparison sheet.
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 74.7 to 25.3.
Evidence depth
103 data points
Includes 18 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with DeepSeek R1
The charts below split 25 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-4o: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 74.7 pts | 25.3 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 5 categories | 1 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Provider coverage | Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers |
| Context window | 163.8K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Max output | 16K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text |
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 compare | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Released | May 2025 | Nov 2024 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-07-31 | 2023-10-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | deepseek/deepseek-r1 | openai/gpt-4o |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-4o: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek R1 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Math, Instruction following) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Provider coverage).
GPT-4o
GPT-4o is stronger in benchmark categories (Knowledge) and operational dimensions (Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
DeepSeek R1
48.1
Avg. score
GPT-4o
43.2
DeepSeek R1 leads by 2.3
DeepSeek R1 leads by 3.8
DeepSeek R1 leads by 10.4
GPT-4o leads by 4.1
DeepSeek R1 leads by 15.0
No data
No data
DeepSeek R1 leads by 1.8
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
DeepSeek R1
winner$4.20/M
Rank #95/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
$10.00/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner$2.06/M
Rank #102/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
$4.38/M
Rank #127/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner$1.35/M
Rank #115/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
$2.50/M
Rank #131/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner84.9%
Rank #27/125 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
74.8%
Rank #90/125 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner81.3%
Rank #70/188 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
54.3%
Rank #156/188 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner14.9%
Rank #73/187 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
3.3%
Rank #180/187 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner77.0%
Rank #22/115 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
30.9%
Rank #88/115 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner40.3
Rank #55/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-4o
33.3
Rank #80/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek R1
winner40.3%
Rank #66/185 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
33.3%
Rank #120/185 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner89.3%
Rank #4/68 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
15.0%
Rank #50/68 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner98.3%
Rank #6/74 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
75.9%
Rank #56/74 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner84.0
Rank #28/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-4o
37.9
Rank #75/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek R1
winner31.0
Rank #42/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-4o
19.7
Rank #75/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek R1
winner81.3
Rank #58/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-4o
54.3
Rank #91/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek R1
winner14.9
Rank #60/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-4o
3.3
Rank #94/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek R1
winner20.1
Rank #73/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-4o
11.2
Rank #90/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek R1
winner39.6
Rank #71/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-4o
34.3
Rank #82/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek R1
winner36.5
Rank #72/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-4o
25.1
Rank #75/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
82 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency 82 tok/s / 3100ms input / output No data |
74 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 76 tok/s / 30692ms input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
30 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 47 tok/s / 15233ms input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
28 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 10 tok/s / 8427ms input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency 105 tok/s / 1970ms input / output No data |
24 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 43 tok/s / 16905ms input / output No data | GPT-4o 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-4o gpt-4o speed / latency No data input / output $0.171/M | |
DeepSeek R1 deepseek-r1 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-4o gpt-4o speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: DeepSeek R1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeWeb search |
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