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DeepSeek V3.1 vs GPT-4o

DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3.1
OpenAI
GPT-4o
Overview
CompanyDeepSeekOpenAI
Release dateAug 21 2025May 13 2024
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
12%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4o shipped 465 days before DeepSeek V3.1

Which is better: DeepSeek V3.1 or GPT-4o?

DeepSeek V3.1 and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-4o shipped 465 days before DeepSeek V3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek V3.1 is open weight, while GPT-4o is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek V3.1 and GPT-4o don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

DeepSeek V3.1 was released by DeepSeek on Aug 21 2025.

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

DeepSeek V3.1 is an open weight model released by DeepSeek. GPT-4o is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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