Data points: 100
Model compare
The readout for DeepSeek V3 and GPT-4o, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GPT-4o. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GPT-4o
GPT-4o has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 38.7 to 61.3.
Evidence depth
100 data points
Includes 22 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 6 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-4o
The charts below split 28 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek V3 and GPT-4o: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | DeepSeek V3 | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 38.7 pts | 61.3 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 2 categories | 4 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, First-token latency, Provider coverage | Average speed, Free providers |
| Context window | No data | 128K tokens |
| Max output | No data | 16.4K tokens |
| Modalities | No data | Input TextImageFile Output 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 V3 | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | No data | OpenAI |
| Released | No data | Nov 2024 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | No data | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | 2023-10-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | No data | openai/gpt-4o |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek V3 and GPT-4o: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek V3 is stronger in benchmark categories (Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, First-token latency, Provider coverage).
GPT-4o
GPT-4o is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Knowledge, Instruction following) and operational dimensions (Average speed, 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 V3
41.5
Avg. score
GPT-4o
43.2
GPT-4o leads by 3.8
GPT-4o leads by 8.6
DeepSeek V3 leads by 4.2
GPT-4o leads by 7.7
DeepSeek V3 leads by 7.3
No data
No data
GPT-4o leads by 1.8
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
DeepSeek V3
winner44.0
Rank #72/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
43.0
Rank #76/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner$0.890/M
Rank #37/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
$10.00/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner$0.493/M
Rank #39/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
$4.38/M
Rank #127/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner$0.360/M
Rank #59/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
$2.50/M
Rank #131/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner75.2%
Rank #85/125 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
74.8%
Rank #90/125 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner55.7%
Rank #155/188 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
54.3%
Rank #156/188 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner3.6%
Rank #173/187 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
3.3%
Rank #180/187 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner35.4
Rank #77/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
33.3
Rank #80/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner35.9%
Rank #78/115 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
30.9%
Rank #88/115 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner35.4%
Rank #110/185 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
33.3%
Rank #120/185 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner88.7%
Rank #37/74 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
75.9%
Rank #56/74 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner25.3%
Rank #44/68 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
15.0%
Rank #50/68 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner1.7
Rank #44/47 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
0.3
Rank #47/47 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner26.3
Rank #50/56 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
25.4
Rank #54/56 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner89.4
Rank #14/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
37.9
Rank #75/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner25.4
Rank #54/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
19.7
Rank #75/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner14.2
Rank #85/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
11.2
Rank #90/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner55.7
Rank #90/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
54.3
Rank #91/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner3.6
Rank #93/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
3.3
Rank #94/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner1145.0
Rank #53/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
856.0
Rank #65/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
winner34.8
Rank #81/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
34.3
Rank #82/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
DeepSeek V3
22.8
Rank #78/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-4o
winner25.1
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 V3 | 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 V3 | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
30 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency 95 tok/s / 519ms input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
20 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency 88 tok/s / 1593ms input / output No data |
10 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency 99 tok/s / 2367ms input / output No data |
10 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency 27 tok/s / 3406ms input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency 135 tok/s / 1427ms input / output No data |
5 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency 84 tok/s / 8981ms input / output No data | GPT-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
DeepSeek V3 deepseek-v3-all speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-4o gpt-4o speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: GPT-4o. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
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