DeepSeek R1 vs GPT-5 Mini
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against GPT-5 Mini by OpenAI, in 11 community votes, deepseek r1 wins 57% of head-to-head duels, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, DeepSeek R1 or GPT-5 Mini?
DeepSeek R1 is the better choice overall, winning 57% of 11 blind community votes on Rival. DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55/M input tokens vs $0.25/M for GPT-5 Mini. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between DeepSeek R1 and GPT-5 Mini
DeepSeek R1 is made by deepseek while GPT-5 Mini is from openai. On pricing, DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55/M input tokens vs $0.25/M for GPT-5 Mini. In community voting, In 11 community votes, DeepSeek R1 wins 57% of head-to-head duels.
In 11 community votes, DeepSeek R1 wins 57% of head-to-head duels. DeepSeek R1 leads in Web Design, while GPT-5 Mini leads in Image Generation. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 11+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Per 1M tokens
GPT-5 Mini is cheaper on both — 2.2× input, 1.1× output
DeepSeek R1 has the edge overall. In 11 blind votes, DeepSeek R1 wins 57% of the time.
Pick DeepSeek R1 for Web Design. Pick GPT-5 Mini for Image Generation.
Style Comparison
DeepSeek R1 uses 800.0x more bold
