Data points: 102
Model compare
The readout for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-5.2, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GPT-5.2. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 13.3 to 86.7.
Evidence depth
102 data points
Includes 18 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-5.2
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-5.2: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 File |
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-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Released | May 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | DeepSeek | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-07-31 | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | deepseek/deepseek-r1 | openai/gpt-5.2 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek R1 and GPT-5.2: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek R1 leads these benchmark categories: Math.
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, 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-5.2
52.9
GPT-5.2 leads by 7.0
GPT-5.2 leads by 6.5
GPT-5.2 leads by 3.7
GPT-5.2 leads by 11.3
DeepSeek R1 leads by 1.3
No data
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 leads by 11.6
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-5.2
$14.00/M
Rank #133/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner$2.06/M
Rank #102/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
$4.81/M
Rank #132/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner$1.35/M
Rank #115/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
$1.75/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
54.7
Rank #64/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner72.7
Rank #13/89 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
1.4
Rank #50/73 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner11.6
Rank #20/73 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
winner84.9%
Rank #27/125 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
81.4%
Rank #54/125 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner81.3%
Rank #70/188 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
71.2%
Rank #110/188 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
winner14.9%
Rank #73/187 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
7.3%
Rank #109/187 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
40.3
Rank #55/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner52.1
Rank #18/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
winner77.0%
Rank #22/115 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
66.9%
Rank #36/115 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
40.3%
Rank #66/185 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
winner40.4%
Rank #64/185 · confidence 4
DeepSeek R1
31.0
Rank #42/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner43.8
Rank #16/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
81.3
Rank #58/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner90.3
Rank #19/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
14.9
Rank #60/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner35.4
Rank #21/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
20.1
Rank #73/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner42.2
Rank #22/99 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
winner84.0
Rank #28/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
79.7
Rank #39/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
39.6
Rank #71/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner75.4
Rank #21/86 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
DeepSeek R1
36.5
Rank #72/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-20
GPT-5.2
winner84.8
Rank #44/84 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
30 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 47 tok/s / 15233ms input / output No data | GPT-5.2 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-5.2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
15 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-5.2 speed / latency 56 tok/s / 1798ms input / output No data |
13 tests | DeepSeek R1 speed / latency 104 tok/s / 2242ms input / output No data | GPT-5.2 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-5.2 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-5.2 gpt-5.2 speed / latency No data input / output $0.120/M | |
DeepSeek R1 deepseek-r1 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-5.2 gpt-5.2 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: GPT-5.2. 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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