Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3 leads with 33.9% higher average benchmark score. o3 offers 37.9K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3. DeepSeek-V3 is $8.63 cheaper per million tokens. o3 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, o3 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 was introduced as a major architectural advancement, developed with 671B mixture-of-experts parameters and trained on 14.8 trillion tokens. Built to be three times faster than V2 while maintaining open-source availability, it demonstrates competitive performance against frontier closed-source models and represents a significant leap in efficient large-scale model design.
OpenAI
o3 represents the next generation in OpenAI's reasoning model series, developed to advance the capabilities of deliberate, step-by-step problem solving. Built to handle increasingly complex challenges across mathematics, science, and coding, it continues the evolution of reasoning-focused AI with improved analytical depth and accuracy.
3 months newer

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek
2024-12-25

o3
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek-V3

o3
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3

o3
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek-V3

o3
o3
2024-05-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek

o3

DeepSeek-V3

o3

DeepSeek-V3

o3
OpenAI