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DeepSeek V3.1 vs GPT-4o-mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

DeepSeek V3.1 wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

GPT-4o-mini wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
GPT-4o-mini
Benchmark Advantage
DeepSeek V3.1
Context Window
GPT-4o-mini
Speed
GPT-4o-mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricDeepSeek V3.1GPT-4o-miniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.15$0.15Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.75$0.60 GPT-4o-mini
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.07 GPT-4o-mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-4o-mini is 13% cheaper overall.

DeepSeek V3.1 Providers

Chutes $0.20 (Cheapest)
DeepInfra $0.21
SiliconFlow $0.27
Novita $0.27
AtlasCloud $0.30

GPT-4o-mini Providers

OpenAI $0.15 (Cheapest)
Vercel $0.15 (Cheapest)
Azure $0.15 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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DeepSeek V3.1 Wins
0
GPT-4o-mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1GPT-4o-miniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
28.112.6
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
28.4--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
49.714.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
83.364.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
73.542.6
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
57.723.4
Aider
Real-world code editing
-55.6-
AIME
Competition math
-11.7-
DeepSeek V3.1 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

DeepSeek V3.1
32,768
tokens
Max output: 7,168 tokens
GPT-4o-mini
128,000
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
GPT-4o-mini has a 74% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricDeepSeek V3.1GPT-4o-miniWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s53.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s0.56s
GPT-4o-mini responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureDeepSeek V3.1GPT-4o-mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyDeepSeek V3.1GPT-4o-mini
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025Jul 2024

DeepSeek V3.1 Modalities

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Output
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GPT-4o-mini Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

DeepSeek V3.1 has cheaper input pricing at $0.15/M tokens. GPT-4o-mini has cheaper output pricing at $0.60/M tokens.
DeepSeek V3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 28.4, compared to GPT-4o-mini's score of N/A.
DeepSeek V3.1 has a 32,768 token context window, while GPT-4o-mini has a 128,000 token context window.
DeepSeek V3.1 does not support vision. GPT-4o-mini supports vision.