DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations reveal that the model outperfo…
Model details →DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) vs OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable than other recent frontier mo…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 164K | 128K | 🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.32 | $0.15 | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.89 | $0.60 | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) better than OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini?
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini?
Input: $0.32 vs $0.15 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.89 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini support?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) supports up to 164K tokens. OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini supports up to 128K tokens.
Do both DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini support tool calling?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id): yes. OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini: yes.