DeepSeek-Math and GPT-5 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek-Math shipped 491 days before GPT-5 mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek-Math is open weight, while GPT-5 mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek-Math and GPT-5 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.