All Comparisons
DeepSeek-V3 vs GPT-4.1
DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek 🇨🇳
23.0
#292—
low$0.32/M in · $0.89/M out
163.8K context
GPT-4.1
OpenAI 🇺🇸
32.4
#263—
high$2.00/M in · $8.00/M out
1.0M context
Most Affordable
DeepSeek-V3
$0.32/M input
Largest Context
GPT-4.1
1.0M tokens
Best Benchmark Score
GPT-4.1
32.4/100
Model Specifications
| Spec | DeepSeek-V3 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Release Date | Dec 2024 | Apr 2025 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | — | 2024-06-01 |
| Parameters | 671000000000B | Undisclosed |
| Context Window | 163.8K | 1.0M |
| Max Output | — | — |
| Open Source | Yes | No |
| License | mit_+_model_license_(commercial_use_allowed) | proprietary |
| Tokenizer | — | — |
| Modality | — | — |
| Reasoning Model | No | No |
| Moderated | No | No |
Pricing Comparison
| Price (per 1M tokens) | DeepSeek-V3 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.32 | $2.00 |
| Output | $0.89 | $8.00 |
API Provider Pricing
Capabilities
| Feature | DeepSeek-V3 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Text Input | ||
| Image Input (Vision) | ||
| Audio Input | ||
| Video Input | ||
| File Input | ||
| Image Output | ||
| Audio Output | ||
| Tool Use | ||
| Structured Output (JSON) | ||
| Streaming | ||
| Reasoning Tokens | ||
| Web Search | ||
| Temperature Control | ||
| Top-P Sampling | ||
| Stop Sequences | ||
| Seed (Reproducibility) | ||
| Log Probabilities |
Category Comparison
Benchmark-by-Benchmark
coding
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 42 | 54.6 |
reasoning
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 59.1 | 66.3 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 5.4 |
math
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| AIME 2025 | — | 46.4 |
multimodal
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| MMMU | — | 74.8 |
| CharXiv Reasoning | — | 56.7 |
agent
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| TAU-Bench Retail | — | 68 |
Category Winners
coding
24.6
math
5.5
reasoning
33.0
general
66.3
multimodal
39.1
agent
50.7