Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok 4 leads with 25.1% higher average benchmark score. Grok 4 offers 142.5K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-R1. DeepSeek-R1 is $27.26 cheaper per million tokens. Grok 4 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Grok 4 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
xAI
Grok 4, released by xAI on July 10, 2025, is a large language model featuring first-principles reasoning and comprehensive multimodal support. It features a 260K token context window and demonstrated strong performance on advanced reasoning and coding benchmarks. Grok 4 targets complex multi-step reasoning tasks, scientific analysis, and agentic workflows via the xAI API.
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DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Grok 4
xAI
2025-07-10
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
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Available providers and their performance metrics
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