AI Model Comparison

DeepSeek-V3 vs OpenAI o3

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, context window, benchmarks, capabilities, and license. Every figure comes from the developer's own pages, last checked on ; each model's page lists its sources. A figure we could not source shows as a dash.

Quick spec sheet

PropertyDeepSeek-V3OpenAI o3
ReleasedDec 26, 2024Apr 16, 2025
DeveloperDeepSeekOpenAI
Typellmreasoning
Licenseopen-weightproprietary
Context window128,000200,000
Parameters671B total, 37B active (mixture of experts)—
Developer statusRetiredDeprecated
Input $/M tokens—$2.00
Output $/M tokens—$8.00

Bold green values indicate the winner on that dimension where comparison is meaningful (lower price wins; bigger context wins; more open license wins; newer date wins). Prices are the ones each developer lists today; a model it no longer prices has none.

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