DeepSeek R1-0528vsGrok 4.20 Beta
DeepSeek R1-0528 | Grok 4.20 Beta | |
|---|---|---|
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins · base tier | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $1.25 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $2.50 |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | — | $0.20 |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | $0.50DeepInfra | — |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | $2.15DeepInfra | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 8% | 56% |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 76.7% |
ARC-AGI-2Abstract reasoning — Puzzle-style tests of abstract reasoning and pattern-finding — the kind of thing people find easy but AIs often struggle with. Higher is better. | — | 53.3% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | DeepSeek | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | May 28 2025 | Feb 17 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Grok 4.20 Beta leads DeepSeek R1-0528 on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). Only Grok 4.20 Beta has a verified first-party API price: $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for DeepSeek R1-0528. DeepSeek R1-0528 shipped 265 days before Grok 4.20 Beta, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
DeepSeek R1-0528 is open weight, while Grok 4.20 Beta is proprietary.
On BullshitBench v2, Grok 4.20 Beta leads at 56% vs DeepSeek R1-0528 at 8%.