Data points: 107
Model compare
The readout for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-5, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GPT-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GPT-5
GPT-5 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 13.3 to 86.7.
Evidence depth
107 data points
Includes 20 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-5
The charts below split 27 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 13.3 pts | 86.7 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 1 categories | 5 categories |
| Operational advantages | No data | Cheapest input price, Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage |
| Context window | 163.8K tokens | 400K tokens |
| Max output | 16K tokens | 128K 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-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Released | May 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-07-31 | 2024-09-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | deepseek/deepseek-r1 | openai/gpt-5 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek R1 leads these benchmark categories: Coding.
GPT-5
GPT-5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Reasoning, Knowledge, Math, Instruction following) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage).
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-5
51.9
GPT-5 leads by 4.3
DeepSeek R1 leads by 1.0
GPT-5 leads by 1.0
GPT-5 leads by 4.3
GPT-5 leads by 4.4
No data
No data
GPT-5 leads by 9.8
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-5
$10.00/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner$2.06/M
Rank #102/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$3.44/M
Rank #117/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
$1.35/M
Rank #115/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner$1.25/M
Rank #107/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
54.7
Rank #64/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner75.6
Rank #2/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
winner84.9%
Rank #27/125 · confidence 4
GPT-5
80.6%
Rank #57/125 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
1.4
Rank #50/73 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner5.7
Rank #30/73 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
winner81.3%
Rank #70/188 · confidence 4
GPT-5
67.3%
Rank #121/188 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner14.9%
Rank #73/187 · confidence 4
GPT-5
5.4%
Rank #132/187 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner77.0%
Rank #22/115 · confidence 4
GPT-5
55.8%
Rank #49/115 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
40.3
Rank #55/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner42.9
Rank #46/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
winner40.3%
Rank #66/185 · confidence 4
GPT-5
38.8%
Rank #83/185 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner89.3%
Rank #4/68 · confidence 4
GPT-5
36.7%
Rank #35/68 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner98.3%
Rank #6/74 · confidence 4
GPT-5
86.1%
Rank #42/74 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
31.0
Rank #42/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner40.7
Rank #20/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
winner84.0
Rank #28/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
82.1
Rank #31/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
14.9
Rank #60/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner26.5
Rank #39/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
81.3
Rank #58/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner85.4
Rank #45/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
20.1
Rank #73/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner34.7
Rank #48/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
39.6
Rank #71/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner73.1
Rank #29/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek R1
36.5
Rank #72/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5
winner84.8
Rank #44/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| 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-5 |
|---|---|---|
30 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 47 tok/s / 15233ms input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
24 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 43 tok/s / 16905ms input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
20 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency 95 tok/s / 1234ms input / output No data |
13 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 104 tok/s / 2242ms input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
10 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 38 tok/s / 2259ms input / output No data | GPT-5 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-5 gpt-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.086/M | |
DeepSeek R1 deepseek-r1 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-5 gpt-5-chat-latest speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: GPT-5. 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 modeReasoning |
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