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DeepSeek V3 0324 vs GPT-4.1 Mini

GPT-4.1 Mini leads DeepSeek V3 0324 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 10.2 to 9.7, and DeepSeek V3 0324 costs 1.5x less per output token ($1.07 vs $1.60 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 30 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace DeepSeek V3 0324 Replace GPT-4.1 Mini
DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.07
12
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
31.9
Output $/M
$1.60
18
vs boards won of 30 shared

DeepSeek V3 0324 or GPT-4.1 Mini: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick DeepSeek V3 0324 for output tokens 1.5x cheaper ($1.07 vs $1.60 per million) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or WeirdML, where it leads.

Model ADeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeekNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGPT-4.1 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.818 per solved task
Shared results
30
DeepSeek V3 0324 only
5
GPT-4.1 Mini only
56
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
DeepSeek V3 0324 not benchmarked, GPT-4.1 Mini not benchmarked.
Widest category
Coding, 7.2 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
SWE-bench Verified: DeepSeek V3 0324 42.0% against GPT-4.1 Mini 23.9%, 18.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V3 0324 $1.07 against GPT-4.1 Mini $1.60 per million output tokens, 1.5x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V3 0324 takes 164K tokens, GPT-4.1 Mini 1.05M.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryDeepSeek V3 0324BarsGPT-4.1 MiniTies
Coding42
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning13
Math34
Knowledge24
General23
All shared boards1218
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index42
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured32.4%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified42.0%23.9%DeepSeek V3 0324
AA Coding Index21.220.2DeepSeek V3 0324
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)65.5%58.2%DeepSeek V3 0324
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)40.5%48.3%GPT-4.1 Mini
SciCode39.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)15.2%7.6%DeepSeek V3 0324
WeirdML36.1%37.6%GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: codingNot measured1367Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: software and ITNot measured1360Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
AA Intelligence Index9.710.2GPT-4.1 Mini
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured134.9Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
AA Agentic Index0.8Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom47.1%52.9%GPT-4.1 Mini
METR time horizons49.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)Not measured50.4%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
GPQA Diamond61.6%67.9%GPT-4.1 Mini
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured70.5%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)65.5%66.4%GPT-4.1 Mini
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.7%5.0%GPT-4.1 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)67.6%65.8%DeepSeek V3 0324
ARC-AGINot measured3.5%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured0.0%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SimpleBench27.2%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured1.0%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured7.0%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard promptsNot measured1349Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: expertNot measured1338Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in EnglishNot measured1362Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1182Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1214Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured48.6%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index34
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
AIME52.2%49.4%DeepSeek V3 0324
MATH 500 (Vals AI)88.6%88.0%DeepSeek V3 0324
MGSM (Vals AI)91.7%87.8%DeepSeek V3 0324
AA Math Index41.046.3GPT-4.1 Mini
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)41.0%46.3%GPT-4.1 Mini
OTIS Mock AIME37.8%44.7%GPT-4.1 Mini
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured6.7%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH level 575.5%87.3%GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: mathNot measured1343Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: mathematical workNot measured1347Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index24
Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
MMLU Pro79.5%77.2%DeepSeek V3 0324
LegalBench (Vals AI)77.7%78.0%GPT-4.1 Mini
CorpFin (Vals AI)54.7%57.9%GPT-4.1 Mini
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.1%71.9%GPT-4.1 Mini
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)82.0%84.6%GPT-4.1 Mini
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)81.9%78.1%DeepSeek V3 0324
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured12.7%Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: scienceNot measured1328Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcareNot measured1324Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: legal and governmentNot measured1343Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: business and financeNot measured1322Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured997Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured958Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1070Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1034Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured836Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured993Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
IFBench41.0%38.3%DeepSeek V3 0324
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)40.7%44.0%GPT-4.1 Mini
DTBench64.8%68.8%GPT-4.1 Mini
LMCA15.5%21.1%GPT-4.1 Mini
Fiction.LiveBench50.0%44.4%DeepSeek V3 0324
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)77.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
LMArena TextNot measured1341Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: instruction followingNot measured1333Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: creative writingNot measured1299Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena VisionNot measured1181Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: EnglishNot measured1356Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: non-EnglishNot measured1318Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: ChineseNot measured1329Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1350Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1290Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1298Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1358Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1319Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: RussianNot measured1324Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1326Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: multi-turnNot measured1354Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: longer queriesNot measured1344Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: writing and languageNot measured1319Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and mediaNot measured1300Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1191Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1186Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1188Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1182Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1174Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1187Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1182Only GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 MiniLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

DeepSeek V3 0324$0.0008Fits in one request
GPT-4.1 Mini$0.0012Fits in one request

DeepSeek V3 0324 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V3 0324$0.017Fits in one request
GPT-4.1 Mini$0.025Fits in one request

DeepSeek V3 0324 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V3 0324$0.065Exceeds the context window
GPT-4.1 Mini$0.096Fits in one request

DeepSeek V3 0324 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Mini
SpecificationDeepSeek V3 0324OpenAI GPT-4.1 Mini
MakerDeepSeekOpenAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedMarch 24, 2025April 14, 2025
Context window164K1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.27$0.40
Output $/Mtok$1.07$1.60
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.818
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V3 0324 better than GPT-4.1 Mini for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V3 0324 for output tokens 1.5x cheaper ($1.07 vs $1.60 per million) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or WeirdML, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3 0324 or GPT-4.1 Mini?

DeepSeek V3 0324 costs $0.27 per million input tokens and $1.07 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40 and $1.60. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-4.1 Mini only.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3 0324 or GPT-4.1 Mini?

GPT-4.1 Mini, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3 0324 vs GPT-4.1 Mini comparison based on?

30 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V3 0324's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and GPT-4.1 Mini's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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