# DeepSeek R1 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek R1 leads GPT-5.6 Sol in 0 of 5 shared categories.

DeepSeek R1: $1.15 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.6 Sol: $8.000000000000002 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek R1: open weights.

GPT-5.6 Sol: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads DeepSeek R1 in General LLM at #17 against #118.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads DeepSeek R1 in Reasoning at #12 against #116.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads DeepSeek R1 in Science at #13 against #90.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads DeepSeek R1 in Long context at #13 against #123.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads DeepSeek R1 in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #77.

As of Oct 14, 2026, DeepSeek R1 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Jan 28, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol is near state of the art, rank #3 in Vision (since Oct 14, 2026; sources GDP.pdf; methodology v1.0).