Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-R1 offers 117.8K more tokens in context window than GPT-4o. DeepSeek-R1 is $9.76 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-4o supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-R1 is available on 5 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 was developed as a reasoning-focused language model, designed to combine chain-of-thought reasoning with reinforcement learning techniques. Built to excel at complex problem-solving through trial-and-error learning and deliberate analytical processes, it demonstrates the power of efficient training methods in open-source model development.
OpenAI
This updated version of GPT-4o was released with refinements to its multimodal capabilities and improved performance across text, vision, and audio tasks. Built to incorporate learnings from the initial GPT-4o deployment, it enhanced reliability and accuracy while maintaining the seamless cross-modal reasoning that defines the GPT-4o family.
5 months newer

GPT-4o
OpenAI
2024-08-06

DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-R1

GPT-4o
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-R1
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Fireworks
Together
ZeroEval

DeepSeek-R1

GPT-4o

DeepSeek-R1

GPT-4o

GPT-4o
Azure
OpenAI