Model comparison

R1 vs GPT-4o-mini

Compare DeepSeek: R1 (DeepSeek) and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (OpenRouter) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.

Which should you pick?

Price: OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini is cheaper ($0.15 / 1M tokens input / $0.6 / 1M tokens output) vs DeepSeek: R1 ($0.7 / 1M tokens input / $2.50 / 1M tokens output).
Context: DeepSeek: R1 has the larger context window (163.8k tokens).
DeepSeek: R1 adds: Reasoning.
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini adds: Vision, Low cost.

Side by side

DeepSeek: R1 vs OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini — full comparison

Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.

Model	Provider	Input	Output	Context	Capabilities	Best for	Latency	Status	Source
DeepSeek: R1deepseek/deepseek-r1	DeepSeek	$0.7 / 1M tokens	$2.50 / 1M tokens	163.8k	JSON modeLong contextReasoningStreaming	Chinese reasoning, math	1800-6000ms	Catalog	OpenRouter if available
OpenAI: GPT-4o-miniopenai/gpt-4o-mini	OpenRouter	$0.15 / 1M tokens	$0.6 / 1M tokens	128k	Tool callingVisionJSON modeLong context	low-cost chat, image understanding	800-2400ms	Catalog	OpenRouter if available

FAQ

DeepSeek: R1 vs OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini FAQ

Is DeepSeek: R1 or OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini cheaper?

OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini is cheaper ($0.15 / 1M tokens input / $0.6 / 1M tokens output) vs DeepSeek: R1 ($0.7 / 1M tokens input / $2.50 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.

Which has a larger context window, DeepSeek: R1 or OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini?

DeepSeek: R1 is larger (163.8k tokens) vs 128k tokens.

DeepSeek: R1 details OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini details Pricing calculator OpenAI-compatible quickstart

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