Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 Mini offers 296.8K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-R1. DeepSeek-R1 is $22.26 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-5 Mini supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1, released by DeepSeek on January 20, 2025, is a large reasoning model with 671 billion total parameters (37 billion active in its MoE architecture) designed for extended chain-of-thought reasoning. It features a 128K token context window and demonstrated strong performance on mathematics, coding, and scientific reasoning benchmarks at its release. DeepSeek-R1 targets complex analytical tasks, competitive programming, and applications requiring deep deliberative reasoning under an open MIT license.
OpenAI
GPT-5 mini, released by OpenAI in August 2025, is a smaller variant from the GPT-5 family that inherits GPT-5's unified reasoning architecture and multimodal capabilities at a reduced inference cost. It targets high-volume production use cases requiring a balance of intelligence and response speed, offering GPT-5 capabilities for applications where full GPT-5 inference costs are a concern.
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DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

GPT-5 Mini
OpenAI
2025-08
Cost per million tokens (USD)
DeepSeek-R1
GPT-5 Mini
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
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DeepSeek
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