DeepSeek R1 vs GPT-4
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against GPT-4 by OpenAI, context windows of 128K vs 8K, tested across 26 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek R1
GPT-4
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
DeepSeek R1 is 27x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
55× cheaper
Output
$2.19
27× cheaper
GPT-4
Input
$30.00
Output
$60.00
DeepSeek R1 is cheaper on both — 55× input, 27× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
52%
DeepSeek R1 uses 4.3x more emoji
DeepSeek R1
GPT-4
62%Vocabulary59%
15wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging1.10
8.0Bold0.8
5.7Lists2.5
0.04Emoji0.00
0.62Headings0.00
0.28Transitions0.45
Based on 22 + 15 text responses
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