Compare · 2026-10-14

DeepSeek R1 vs GPT-5.4

As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek R1 leads GPT-5.4 in 0 of 5 shared categories.

CategoryDeepSeek R1GPT-5.4
General LLM
#118 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 80.27210884353741
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#28 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 19.04761904761905
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#116 · Was SOTA · Reasoning
Margin 80.13698630136986
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#29 · #29 in Reasoning
Margin 20.54794520547945
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Math
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#9 · #9 in Math
Margin 17.777777777777757
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Mar 5, 2026
Science
#90 · #90 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 20, 2025
#16 · #16 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Mar 5, 2026
Coding
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Mar 5, 2026
Coding › Web dev—
#55 · #55 in Coding › Web dev
Margin 50.467289719626166
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Long context
#123 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 83.6734693877551
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#34 · #34 in Long context
Margin 23.12925170068027
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision—
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026
Factuality—
#6 · Was SOTA · Factuality
Margin 5.22388059701494
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Abstraction (ARC)
#77 · #77 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 20, 2025
#10 · #10 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Mar 5, 2026
Price per 1M tokens

DeepSeek R1: $1.15 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.4: $5.625 per 1M blended tokens.

Open weights

DeepSeek R1: open weights.

GPT-5.4: closed weights.

Which to pick

General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads DeepSeek R1 in General LLM at #28 against #118.

Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads DeepSeek R1 in Reasoning at #29 against #116.

Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads DeepSeek R1 in Science at #16 against #90.

Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads DeepSeek R1 in Long context at #34 against #123.

Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads DeepSeek R1 in Abstraction (ARC) at #10 against #77.

DeepSeek R1 · GPT-5.4

DeepSeek R1 or GPT-5.4?

As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek R1 leads GPT-5.4 in 0 of 5 shared categories.

DeepSeek R1 or GPT-5.4 for General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads DeepSeek R1 in General LLM at #28 against #118.

DeepSeek R1 or GPT-5.4 for Reasoning?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads DeepSeek R1 in Reasoning at #29 against #116.

DeepSeek R1 or GPT-5.4 for Science?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads DeepSeek R1 in Science at #16 against #90.