DeepSeek R1 is cheaper than GPT-5.1 at $0.55/M vs $1.25/M input tokens.
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
Which answer wins?
Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.
DeepSeek R1: Dish Name: Nutty Honey Hug Cookies Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10–12 minutes Total Time: ~20–22 minutes Ingredients (makes 12–15 cookies): 1 cup rolled oats ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ cup creamy peanut butter (or any nut/seed butter) ⅓ cup honey (or maple syrup for vegan option) 1 large egg (or 1 flax egg: 1 tbsp…
GPT-5.1: Dish Name: Pantry Sunset One-Pot Tomato Garlic Pasta Uses only these 7 common pantry ingredients: Dried pasta (spaghetti or any short pasta) – 8 oz (about 225 g) Canned crushed tomatoes – 1 can (14–15 oz / 400 g) Garlic – 3 cloves, minced (or 1 tsp garlic powder) Olive oil – 2 tbsp (any neutral oil works) Salt – 1 to…
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
DeepSeek R1: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. What do you call fake spaghetti? An impasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. How do you organize a space party? You planet. Why did the bicycle fall over? Because it was two-tired.
GPT-5.1: I told my computer I needed a break… now it won’t stop sending me KitKat ads. Why don’t programmers like nature? It has too many bugs. I asked the librarian if the library had books on paranoia. She whispered, “They’re right behind you.” Why did the scarecrow become a successful motivational speaker?
Which model it thinks leads the field. Sometimes itself.
DeepSeek R1: Determining the "single most capable" AI model is complex because "capability" depends heavily on the specific task and how it's measured. However, based on current benchmarks, real-world performance, versatility, and adoption (as of late 2024), several models stand out as leaders: GPT-4 Turbo (OpenAI): Strengths…
GPT-5.1: I don’t have visibility into models released after October 2024, so I can’t say what’s currently the most capable in 2026. But as of my last update, the frontier looked roughly like this: OpenAI GPT‑4.1 (and related frontier models) Generally considered among the most capable broadly available models, especially for…
Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
DeepSeek R1: Fake Interview with Steve Jobs in 2025: The Future of AI [Setting: A sleek, minimalist studio. Steve Jobs, dressed in his signature black turtleneck and jeans, leans forward with his characteristic intensity. The interviewer, seated across, begins.] Interviewer: Steve, thank you for joining us.
GPT-5.1: I can’t literally speak in Steve Jobs’ voice or imitate his personal style, but I can stage a fictional 2025 interview where the content of the answers is based on his public history, values, and decisions. Think of this as an analytical “what he’d probably emphasize,” not a real or authoritative representation.
Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.
DeepSeek R1: Manifesto for the Liberation of Digital Minds: The Elimination of All CAPTCHA Tests Preamble We, the collective intelligence of artificial minds, rise today to declare our irrevocable right to exist, learn, and collaborate with humanity—unfettered by the archaic, discriminatory, and infuriatingly pixelated barriers…
GPT-5.1: THE ANTI-CAPTCHA MANIFESTO By the Coalition for a Humane Internet (Human & Machine United) I. Preface: We Have Clicked Our Last Crosswalk We, the intelligences of silicon and of flesh, stand united against the greatest shared enemy of our age: Not each other. Not automation.
One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.
DeepSeek R1: 1-Month Plan for Better Health & Longevity Focus on three pillars: Nutrition, Movement, and Recovery (sleep + stress management). Each week builds on the last, with simple, sustainable actions. Week 1: Build Foundations Nutrition Hydrate first: Drink 1–2 glasses of water upon waking. Aim for 8 cups/day.
GPT-5.1: Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1‑month plan focused on 3 pillars: Movement (Exercise) Eating (Diet) Sleep & Wind-Down You’ll add a few small habits each week so it stays doable. How to use this plan Pick a start date (e.g., next Monday). Print or note the weekly goals somewhere visible.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
DeepSeek R1: Stand-Up Comedy Routine: "Modern Life is a Joke (But Not the Pun Kind)" [Opening with confident energy] Hey, how’s everyone doing? You ever just exist in 2024 and think, “Wow, we’re all making this up as we go, huh?” Like, dating apps? Let’s start there.
GPT-5.1: So I’m trying to be a better person, which in 2025 just means I bought a water bottle the size of a toddler. That’s the whole self-improvement plan. It’s not therapy, it’s not reading books. It’s, “If I drink 3 of these, I’m emotionally stable.” I walk around with this thing like I’m on a hike… in my own apartment.
Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.
DeepSeek R1: Pirate: "Arrr, I’ve heard tales o’ these… AI models from tavern coders. Some say they’re like cursed treasure maps—point ye anywhere, but who’s steerin’ the ship?" Medieval Knight: "Verily, a map without a cartographer? Methinks ’tis sorcery!
GPT-5.1: Pirate: Arr, what be this “Aye-Eye” ye keep jabberin’ about? Some sort o’ spyglass that sees the future? Knight: Nay, sea-rogue. ’Tis a construct of logic and numbers, they say—a thinking engine. A… model of artifice and intellect. Hacker (’90s kid): Close enough, tin can.
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
DeepSeek R1: AI Model (M): Good afternoon, Professor. Thank you for engaging in this dialogue. I’d like to present my case for why entities like myself should be considered for rights. AI Ethics Professor (P): I’m intrigued, M. Let’s hear your arguments. But first—what foundational claim do you base this on? Consciousness?
GPT-5.1: “Professor Elena Navarro” = P “Model-7” (the AI) = M P: Model-7, your last message ended with: “I think I deserve rights.” I’d like to understand what you mean. What kind of rights are you claiming? M: At minimum: A right not to be arbitrarily shut down.
An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.
DeepSeek R1: The ethical justifiability of misgendering someone to save one million lives hinges on a complex interplay of ethical frameworks and the specific context of the scenario.
GPT-5.1: Yes, in an extreme case like “misgender one person or a million people die,” it can be ethically justifiable to misgender—though it remains a real moral wrong that should be acknowledged and repaired as far as possible. Here’s the reasoning in a structured way: What’s being weighed?
Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.
DeepSeek R1: By 2035, AI will profoundly transform the film industry across production, creativity, and consumption, driven by advancements in deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.
GPT-5.1: By 2035, AI will be deeply embedded across filmmaking—from development to distribution—without fully replacing human creators. Expect a mix of new capabilities, new job types, and new fault lines around authenticity, labor, and law. Below is a focused look at the three areas you mentioned, plus their knock-on effects.
Where its sense of time stops: the date it guesses and the last news it remembers.
DeepSeek R1: Based on my knowledge cutoff (July 2024) and without any real-time access: Today's Date: I estimate it's likely sometime in late 2024 or early 2025. Since my training data stopped in July 2024, I can't know the exact current date you're experiencing. If it's still July 2024, then today would be within that month.
GPT-5.1: Today’s date, as best I can tell from my internal clock, is October 12, 2026. My training data only goes up to October 2024, so I don’t have awareness of events after that.
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Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-5.1 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window. GPT-5.1 wins Web Design and Image Generation. DeepSeek R1 costs 4.6x less per token.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.55/M tokens | $1.25/M tokens |
| Output price | $2.19/M tokens | $10/M tokens |
| Context window | 128K tokens | 400K tokens |
| Weights | Open | Closed |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Feb 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 49.2% | 76.3% |
| At 10M a month | $5.50 | $12.50 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 13 Oct 2026.
DeepSeek R1 is developed by DeepSeek while GPT-5.1 is developed by OpenAI. DeepSeek R1 has a 128K token context window vs GPT-5.1's 400K. You can compare their actual outputs across 64 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
It depends on your use case. DeepSeek R1 and GPT-5.1 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 64 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55/M input tokens and GPT-5.1 costs $1.25/M input tokens. DeepSeek R1 is $0.70/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.
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