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Grok 3 vs DeepSeek R1

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Grok 3

ProprietaryFeb 2025

Real-time data via X — competitive on reasoning, 1M context.

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek R1

Open sourceJan 2025

Open-weights reasoning model that matches o1 at 1/25 the price.

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Head to head

Spec
Grok 3
DeepSeek R1
Intelligence index↑ better
Winner74
73
Speed↑ better
Winner75 tok/s
60 tok/s
Time to first token↓ better
Winner0.6 s
1.5 s
Context window↑ better
Winner1M
128k
Max output↑ better
16k
Winner33k
Input price↓ better
$3.00 / 1M tokens
Winner$0.55 / 1M tokens
Output price↓ better
$15.00 / 1M tokens
Winner$2.19 / 1M tokens
Blended price↓ better
$6.00 / 1M tokens
Winner$0.96 / 1M tokens
License
Proprietary
Open source
Input modalities
text, image
text
Output modalities
text
text

Benchmark showdown

MMLU
Grok 3
88.0
DeepSeek R1
87.1
MMLU Pro
Grok 3
76.0
DeepSeek R1
75.9
GPQA
Grok 3
62.0
DeepSeek R1
71.5
MATH
Grok 3
88.5
DeepSeek R1
90.2
HumanEval
Grok 3
90.0
DeepSeek R1
91.0

Strengths, weaknesses and best-for

Grok 3
Strengths
  • Live X data
  • 1M context
  • Strong reasoning mode
Weaknesses
  • Smaller ecosystem
  • Less tool-use tooling
Best for
  • Real-time research
  • Social-aware apps
DeepSeek R1
Strengths
  • Reasoning at GPT-class scores
  • Open weights
  • Cheap
Weaknesses
  • Slower than non-reasoning peers
Best for
  • Self-hosted reasoning
  • Math & code
  • Cost-sensitive agents

Quick verdict

  • Pick Grok 3 if you want it smarter, faster and longer context.
  • Pick DeepSeek R1 if you want it cheaper.

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