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DeepSeek V3 0324 vs GPT-4.1 Nano

DeepSeek V3 0324 leads GPT-4.1 Nano on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.7 to 7.8, and GPT-4.1 Nano costs 2.7x less per output token ($0.40 vs $1.07 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.

DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.07
29
GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
24.7
Output $/M
$0.40
0
vs boards won of 29 shared

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

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

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Shared results
29
DeepSeek V3 0324 only
6
GPT-4.1 Nano only
42
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 Nano not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 29.8 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: DeepSeek V3 0324 47.1% against GPT-4.1 Nano 17.3%, 29.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V3 0324 $1.07 against GPT-4.1 Nano $0.40 per million output tokens, 2.7x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V3 0324 takes 164K tokens, GPT-4.1 Nano 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 NanoTies
Coding50
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning40
Math70
Knowledge60
General50
All shared boards290
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured8.9%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
SWE-bench Verified42.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
AA Coding Index21.211.1DeepSeek V3 0324
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)65.5%42.7%DeepSeek V3 0324
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)40.5%32.6%DeepSeek V3 0324
SciCode39.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)15.2%3.8%DeepSeek V3 0324
WeirdML36.1%19.0%DeepSeek V3 0324
LMArena Text: codingNot measured1306Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: software and ITNot measured1305Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
AA Intelligence Index9.77.8DeepSeek V3 0324
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured129.5Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
AA Agentic Index0.8Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom47.1%17.3%DeepSeek V3 0324
METR time horizons49.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)Not measured33.1%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
GPQA Diamond61.6%50.8%DeepSeek V3 0324
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured55.0%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)65.5%51.2%DeepSeek V3 0324
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.7%3.8%DeepSeek V3 0324
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)67.6%48.9%DeepSeek V3 0324
ARC-AGINot measured0.0%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured0.0%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
SimpleBench27.2%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured0.0%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: hard promptsNot measured1286Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: expertNot measured1271Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in EnglishNot measured1293Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured33.3%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
AIME52.2%26.5%DeepSeek V3 0324
MATH 500 (Vals AI)88.6%80.2%DeepSeek V3 0324
MGSM (Vals AI)91.7%69.3%DeepSeek V3 0324
AA Math Index41.024.0DeepSeek V3 0324
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)41.0%24.0%DeepSeek V3 0324
OTIS Mock AIME37.8%28.9%DeepSeek V3 0324
MATH level 575.5%70.0%DeepSeek V3 0324
LMArena Text: mathNot measured1274Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: mathematical workNot measured1274Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
MMLU Pro79.5%63.5%DeepSeek V3 0324
LegalBench (Vals AI)77.7%61.1%DeepSeek V3 0324
CorpFin (Vals AI)54.7%42.1%DeepSeek V3 0324
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.1%60.8%DeepSeek V3 0324
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured52.8%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
MedQA (Vals AI)82.0%68.2%DeepSeek V3 0324
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)81.9%65.7%DeepSeek V3 0324
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured6.0%Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: scienceNot measured1297Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcareNot measured1276Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: legal and governmentNot measured1300Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: business and financeNot measured1267Only GPT-4.1 Nano 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 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured972Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured913Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured970Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured891Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured924Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured962Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V3 0324 and GPT-4.1 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
IFBench41.0%32.0%DeepSeek V3 0324
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)40.7%20.3%DeepSeek V3 0324
DTBench64.8%52.5%DeepSeek V3 0324
LMCA15.5%5.5%DeepSeek V3 0324
Fiction.LiveBench50.0%25.0%DeepSeek V3 0324
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)77.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3 0324 measured
LMArena TextNot measured1285Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: instruction followingNot measured1266Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: creative writingNot measured1260Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena VisionNot measured1063Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: EnglishNot measured1303Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: non-EnglishNot measured1260Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: ChineseNot measured1270Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1288Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1198Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: RussianNot measured1261Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: multi-turnNot measured1277Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: longer queriesNot measured1283Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: writing and languageNot measured1261Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and mediaNot measured1243Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1101Only GPT-4.1 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 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 Nano
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324GPT-4.1 NanoLeader
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 Nano$0.0003Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Nano costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V3 0324$0.017Fits in one request
GPT-4.1 Nano$0.0062Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Nano costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V3 0324$0.065Exceeds the context window
GPT-4.1 Nano$0.024Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Nano 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 Nano
SpecificationDeepSeek V3 0324OpenAI GPT-4.1 Nano
MakerDeepSeekOpenAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedMarch 24, 2025April 14, 2025
Context window164K1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.27$0.10
Output $/Mtok$1.07$0.40
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

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

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

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

DeepSeek V3 0324 costs $0.27 per million input tokens and $1.07 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 Nano costs $0.10 and $0.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

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

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

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

29 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 Nano's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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