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 37 shared challenges. Updated February 2026.

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.