Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3-mini leads with 20.7% higher average benchmark score. o3-mini offers 283.6K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V2.5. DeepSeek-V2.5 is $5.08 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, o3-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5 was developed as an enhanced iteration of the DeepSeek-V2 architecture, designed to incorporate improvements in model quality and efficiency. Built to advance the DeepSeek foundation model series, it provides refined capabilities for general-purpose language understanding and generation tasks.
OpenAI
o3-mini was created as an efficient variant of the o3 reasoning model, designed to provide advanced thinking capabilities with reduced computational requirements. Built to make next-generation reasoning accessible to a broader range of applications, it balances analytical depth with practical speed and cost considerations.
8 months newer

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek
2024-05-08

o3-mini
OpenAI
2025-01-30
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-V2.5

o3-mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V2.5

o3-mini
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek-V2.5

o3-mini
o3-mini
2023-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hyperbolic

DeepSeek-V2.5

o3-mini

DeepSeek-V2.5

o3-mini

o3-mini
Azure
OpenAI