Price Per TokenPrice Per Token
Deepseek
Deepseek
vs
OpenAI
OpenAI

R1 vs o1

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Better at math

o1 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
R1
Benchmark Advantage
o1
Context Window
o1
Speed
o1

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricR1o1Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.70$15.00 R1
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.40$60.00 R1
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$7500000.00 o1
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, R1 is 96% cheaper overall.

R1 Providers

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

o1 Providers

OpenAI $15.00 (Cheapest)
Vercel $15.00 (Cheapest)
OpenRouter $15.00 (Cheapest)
Azure $15.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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R1 Wins
6
o1 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkR1o1Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
18.725.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
15.720.0
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
68.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
84.484.1-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
70.874.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
61.767.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
64.084.2
AIME
Competition math
68.372.3
R1 shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

R1
163,840
tokens
Max output: 163,840 tokens
o1
200,000
tokens
Max output: 100,000 tokens
o1 has a 18% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricR1o1Winner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s188.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s18.20s
o1 responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1o1
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1o1
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedJan 2025Dec 2024

R1 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

o1 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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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.
o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 20.0, compared to R1's score of 15.7.
R1 has a 163,840 token context window, while o1 has a 200,000 token context window.
R1 does not support vision. o1 supports vision.