DeepSeek V3.1
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DeepSeek V3.1 vs GPT-5
Compare DeepSeek V3.1 by DeepSeek against GPT-5 by OpenAI, in 9 community votes, gpt-5 wins 80% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 164K vs 400K, tested across 47 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, DeepSeek V3.1 or GPT-5?
GPT-5 is the better choice overall, winning 80% of 9 blind community votes on Rival. DeepSeek V3.1 costs $0.2/M input tokens vs $1.25/M for GPT-5. Context windows: 164K vs 400K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between DeepSeek V3.1 and GPT-5
DeepSeek V3.1 is made by deepseek while GPT-5 is from openai. DeepSeek V3.1 has a 164K token context window compared to GPT-5's 400K. On pricing, DeepSeek V3.1 costs $0.2/M input tokens vs $1.25/M for GPT-5. In community voting, In 9 community votes, GPT-5 wins 80% of head-to-head duels.
In 9 community votes, GPT-5 wins 80% of head-to-head duels. GPT-5 leads in Image Generation, Reasoning. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 9+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Image Generation: GPT-5 wins 100% of votes
Reasoning: GPT-5 wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
GPT-5Winner
DeepSeek V3.1Runner-up
Pick GPT-5. In 9 blind votes, GPT-5 wins 80% of the time. That's not luck.
GPT-5 particularly excels in Image Generation, Reasoning. DeepSeek V3.1 is 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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Style Comparison
Similarity
100%
DeepSeek V3.1 uses 2.4x more emoji
DeepSeek V3.1
GPT-5
53%Vocabulary65%
14wSentence Length13w
0.42Hedging0.20
4.0Bold0.2
3.6Lists4.6
0.02Emoji0.00
0.40Headings0.16
0.22Transitions0.03
Based on 23 + 16 text responses
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