Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. 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-5.2 Codex is a coding-specialized variant from the GPT-5.2 family, designed for software engineering workflows including automated code generation, multi-file editing, and agentic development. It builds on GPT-5.2's improved instruction following and long-context capabilities, with optimizations specifically targeting programming tasks and agentic software workflows.
11 months newer

DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

GPT-5.2 Codex
OpenAI
2026-01-14
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
GPT-5.2 Codex
DeepSeek-R1
GPT-5.2 Codex
DeepSeek-R1
GPT-5.2 Codex