DeepSeek R1 vs OpenAI o4 Mini High
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against OpenAI o4 Mini High by OpenAI, context windows of 128K vs 200K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek R1
OpenAI o4 Mini High
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
2.0× cheaper
Output
$2.19
2.0× cheaper
OpenAI o4 Mini High
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
DeepSeek R1 is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 2.0× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
DeepSeek R1 uses 800.0x more bold
DeepSeek R1
OpenAI o4 Mini High
62%Vocabulary70%
15wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging0.33
8.0Bold0.0
5.7Lists1.3
0.04Emoji0.02
0.62Headings0.00
0.28Transitions0.04
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