Data points: 102
Model compare
The readout for DeepSeek V3 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 8 to 92.
Evidence depth
102 data points
Includes 23 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 6 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-5
The charts below split 29 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek V3 and GPT-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | DeepSeek V3 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 8.0 pts | 92.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 6 categories |
| Operational advantages | First-token latency, Provider coverage | Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers |
| Context window | No data | 400K tokens |
| Max output | No data | 128K 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-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | No data | OpenAI |
| Released | No data | Aug 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | No data | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | 2024-09-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | No data | openai/gpt-5 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for DeepSeek V3 and GPT-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek V3 has these operational advantages: First-token latency, Provider coverage.
GPT-5
GPT-5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, 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-5
51.9
GPT-5 leads by 10.6
GPT-5 leads by 11.4
GPT-5 leads by 7.2
GPT-5 leads by 7.9
GPT-5 leads by 12.1
No data
No data
GPT-5 leads by 13.4
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
DeepSeek V3
winner$0.890/M
Rank #37/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$10.00/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner$0.493/M
Rank #39/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$3.44/M
Rank #117/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner$0.360/M
Rank #59/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$1.25/M
Rank #107/162 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
29.0
Rank #81/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner75.6
Rank #2/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
75.2%
Rank #85/125 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner80.6%
Rank #57/125 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
55.7%
Rank #155/188 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner67.3%
Rank #121/188 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
3.6%
Rank #173/187 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner5.4%
Rank #132/187 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
23.0
Rank #50/59 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner37.8
Rank #41/59 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
35.4
Rank #77/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner42.9
Rank #46/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
35.9%
Rank #78/115 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner55.8%
Rank #49/115 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
35.4%
Rank #110/185 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner38.8%
Rank #83/185 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
25.3%
Rank #44/68 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner36.7%
Rank #35/68 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner88.7%
Rank #37/74 · confidence 4
GPT-5
86.1%
Rank #42/74 · confidence 4
DeepSeek V3
winner89.4
Rank #14/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
82.1
Rank #31/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
25.4
Rank #54/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner40.7
Rank #20/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
3.6
Rank #93/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner26.5
Rank #39/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
55.7
Rank #90/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner85.4
Rank #45/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
14.2
Rank #85/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner34.7
Rank #48/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
1145.0
Rank #53/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner1209.0
Rank #40/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
34.8
Rank #81/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner73.1
Rank #29/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
1.6
Rank #51/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner25.7
Rank #28/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
231.0
Rank #52/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
GPT-5
winner1079.0
Rank #31/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-08-07
DeepSeek V3
22.8
Rank #78/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-12-26
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 V3 | 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 V3 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
30 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency 95 tok/s / 519ms input / output No data | GPT-5 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-5 speed / latency 95 tok/s / 1234ms input / output No data |
5 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency 84 tok/s / 8981ms input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency 25 tok/s / 2056ms input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | DeepSeek V3 speed / latency 39 tok/s / 2444ms input / output No data | GPT-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
DeepSeek V3 deepseek-v3-all 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%.
| Features | None listed | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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