Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 Codex leads with 6.5% higher average benchmark score. Overall, GPT-5 Codex is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2, released by DeepSeek on December 1, 2025, is a large language model with 685 billion total parameters featuring integrated thinking in tool-use and support for both reasoning and direct generation modes. It features a 128K token context window and introduced large-scale agent training across 1,800+ environments. DeepSeek-V3.2 targets agentic workflows, complex instruction following, and coding tasks under an open MIT license.
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex, released by OpenAI in August 2025, is a coding-specialized large language model from the GPT-5 family engineered for software engineering, code generation, and agentic development workflows. It builds on GPT-5's architecture with optimizations targeting multi-file code editing, test generation, and automated debugging. GPT-5 Codex targets developers and agentic coding tools requiring a model tuned specifically for programming tasks.
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GPT-5 Codex
OpenAI
2025-08

DeepSeek-V3.2
DeepSeek
2025-12-01
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
DeepSeek-V3.2
GPT-5 Codex
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
DeepSeek-V3.2
GPT-5 Codex
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.2
DeepSeek
GPT-5 Codex
DeepSeek-V3.2
GPT-5 Codex
DeepSeek-V3.2
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