DeepSeek R1 vs DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)
Compare DeepSeek R1 and DeepSeek V3 (March 2024), both from DeepSeek, in 16 community votes, deepseek v3 (march 2024) wins 82% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 128K vs 128K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Web Design: DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) wins 88% of votes
Reasoning: DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)Winner
DeepSeek R1Runner-up
Pick DeepSeek V3 (March 2024). In 16 blind votes, DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) wins 82% of the time. That's not luck.
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) particularly excels in Reasoning, Web Design. DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) is 7.8x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
Output
$2.19
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)
Input
$0.14
3.9× cheaper
Output
$0.28
7.8× cheaper
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) is cheaper on both — 3.9× input, 7.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
69%
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024) uses 5.9x more emoji
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek V3 (March 2024)
62%Vocabulary58%
15wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging0.73
8.0Bold7.5
5.7Lists7.6
0.04Emoji0.26
0.62Headings1.60
0.28Transitions0.08
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