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DeepSeek Coder vs GPT-4o

DeepSeek
DeepSeek Coder
OpenAI
GPT-4o
Overview
CompanyDeepSeekOpenAI
Release dateNov 2 2023May 13 2024
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
12%
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek Coder shipped 193 days before GPT-4o

Which is better: DeepSeek Coder or GPT-4o?

DeepSeek Coder and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek Coder shipped 193 days before GPT-4o, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek Coder is open weight, while GPT-4o is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek Coder and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

DeepSeek Coder was released by DeepSeek on Nov 2 2023.

GPT-4o was released by OpenAI on May 13 2024.

DeepSeek Coder is an open weight model released by DeepSeek. GPT-4o is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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