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Deepseek
Deepseek
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OpenAI
OpenAI

R1 vs GPT-4o

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-4o wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
R1
Benchmark Advantage
R1
Context Window
R1
Speed
GPT-4o

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricR1GPT-4oWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.70$2.50 R1
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.40$10.00 R1
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$1250000.00 GPT-4o
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, R1 is 74% cheaper overall.

R1 Providers

Chutes $0.30 (Cheapest)
Vercel $0.55
Novita $0.70
DeepInfra $1.00
Azure $1.49

GPT-4o Providers

OpenAI $2.50 (Cheapest)
Vercel $2.50 (Cheapest)
OpenRouter $2.50 (Cheapest)
Azure $2.50 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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R1 Wins
1
GPT-4o Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkR1GPT-4oWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
18.715.6
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
15.7--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
68.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
84.4--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
70.852.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
61.731.7
Aider
Real-world code editing
64.074.4
AIME
Competition math
68.311.7
R1 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

R1
163,840
tokens
Max output: 163,840 tokens
GPT-4o
128,000
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
R1 has a 22% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricR1GPT-4oWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s77.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s0.51s
GPT-4o responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1GPT-4o
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1GPT-4o
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedJan 2025May 2024

R1 Modalities

Input
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Output
text

GPT-4o Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

R1 has cheaper input pricing at $0.70/M tokens. R1 has cheaper output pricing at $2.40/M tokens.
R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 15.7, compared to GPT-4o's score of N/A.
R1 has a 163,840 token context window, while GPT-4o has a 128,000 token context window.
R1 does not support vision. GPT-4o supports vision.