Quality
Known Good Index and the capability indices, side by side
Each index is min-max normalised across tracked models and scaled 0–100 from published evaluations. We do not run these evaluations.
| Metric | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Known Good Index | 93 | 61 |
| Mathematics Index | 97 | 89 |
| Agentic Index | 89 | 18 |
| Openness Index | 60 | 60 |
Quality Breakdown
Every evaluation both models report a published score for
Bar = DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro · marker = OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b · scores ingested from Epoch AI (CC-BY 4.0)
Right-hand figures read DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro / OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro leads on 2 of 2, OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b on 0.
Arena Elo
Human preference rating from blind pairwise votes
Elo from blind pairwise votes, ingested from Arena. Higher is better.
| Metric | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Text Arena | 1,450 | 1,366 |
| Text Arena (style controlled) | 1,457 | 1,352 |
Price & Cost
Published API pricing by token type
USD per 1M tokens. Blended is a 3:1 input:output mix. Live from OpenRouter, cross-checked against models.dev. Lower is better.
| Metric | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M | $0.43 | $0.04 |
| Output $/1M | $0.87 | $0.17 |
| Blended $/1M | $0.54 | $0.07 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.004 | $0.015 |
Context Window
Maximum input accepted and maximum output emitted
Provider-declared limits, from metadata via models.dev and OpenRouter. Higher is better.
| Metric | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.05M | 131k |
| Max output tokens | 384k | 131k |
Speed & Latency
Median throughput and time to first token across hosting providers
Medians across all tracked providers, derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry.
| Metric | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Output tokens/s | 44 | 145 |
| Time to first token | 1.9s | 0.9s |
Providers
Which hosts serve each model, and at what price and speed
| Provider | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro blended | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro tok/s | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b blended | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaseTen | $2.17 | 110 | $0.20 | 171 |
| Parasail | $2.17 | 65 | $0.26 | 101 |
| Cloudflare | $2.17 | 64 | — | — |
| Novita | $1.46 | 62 | $0.10 | 64 |
| Venice | $2.06 | 55 | — | — |
| Fireworks | $2.17 | 53 | — | — |
| DeepInfra | $1.62 | 51 | $0.07 | 196 |
| Alibaba · first party | $2.01 | 50 | — | — |
| GMICloud | $0.85 | 48 | — | — |
| Together | $2.17 | 45 | $0.26 | 114 |
| SiliconFlow | $1.91 | 41 | $0.15 | 12 |
| CoreWeave | $2.17 | 40 | $0.07 | 32 |
| DeepSeek · first party | $0.54 | 40 | — | — |
| Baidu · first party | $0.78 | 38 | — | — |
| StreamLake | $0.84 | 38 | — | — |
| Wafer | $1.50 | 28 | — | — |
| AtlasCloud | $2.10 | 25 | — | — |
| DigitalOcean | $1.74 | 8 | $0.17 | 22 |
| Ionstream | $1.41 | 5 | — | — |
| Cerebras | — | — | $0.45 | 501 |
| SambaNova | — | — | $0.34 | 367 |
| Groq | — | — | $0.26 | 352 |
| Amazon Bedrock · first party | — | — | $0.26 | 342 |
| Nebius | — | — | $0.26 | 231 |
| Google · first party | — | — | $0.16 | 177 |
| Mara | — | — | $0.30 | 146 |
| Phala | — | — | $0.26 | 82 |
| Mancer 2 | — | — | $0.17 | 40 |
Per-host pricing and telemetry from OpenRouter. A dash means that host does not serve that model.