See tradeoffs side by side.
Compare up to four API models by cost, context, benchmark quality, and official links.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek Chat
Low-cost reasoning-oriented API model with strong price-performance for coding workloads.
Cheapestfull
OpenAI
GPT-4.1
Flagship general-purpose model tuned for production-grade reasoning and tool use.
Smartestfull
Direct comparison
Winners are highlighted row by row so cost, speed, and context tradeoffs are visible immediately.
| Metric | DeepSeek Chat | GPT-4.1 | Claude Sonnet 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | OpenAI | Anthropic |
| Input / 1M | $0.28 | $2 | $3 |
| Output / 1M | $0.42 | $8 | $15 |
| Context window | 128K | 1M | 200K |
| Latency | 980 ms | 1400 ms | 1200 ms |
| Intelligence | 85 | 95 | 93 |
| Coding | 88 | 94 | 97 |
| Best value score | 59.3 | 72.0 | 43.3 |
| Coverage | full | full | full |