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DeepSeek R1 vs GPT-5.2 Chat
List-price comparison ·DeepSeek R1 details ·GPT-5.2 Chat details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), DeepSeek R1 is the cheapest — 81% less than the priciest here ($146.00/mo vs $770.00/mo).
| DeepSeek R1 | GPT-5.2 Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.500 | $1.75 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $2.15 | $14.00 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0015 | $0.0077 |
| Context window | 163,840 tokens | 128k tokens |
| Max output | 32,768 tokens | 16,384 tokens |
| Quality score | 84/100 | 93/100 |
| Tier | Flagship | Flagship |
| Provider | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
Projected monthly cost
| Requests / mo | DeepSeek R1 | GPT-5.2 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $1.46 | $7.70 |
| 10,000 | $14.60 | $77.00 |
| 100,000 | $146.00 | $770.00 |
DeepSeek R1
Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.
Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.
GPT-5.2 Chat
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