DeepSeek R1 vs GPT-4o mini
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against GPT-4o mini by OpenAI, context windows of 128K vs 128K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek R1
GPT-4o miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, DeepSeek R1 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
GPT-4o mini is 3.6x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
Output
$2.19
GPT-4o mini
Input
$0.15
3.7× cheaper
Output
$0.60
3.6× cheaper
GPT-4o mini is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 3.6× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
51%
DeepSeek R1 uses 4.3x more emoji
DeepSeek R1
GPT-4o mini
62%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging0.84
8.0Bold3.8
5.7Lists3.3
0.04Emoji0.00
0.62Headings1.03
0.28Transitions0.23
Based on 22 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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