DeepSeek R1 is 78.0% cheaper for input tokens ($0.55 vs. $2.50 per 1M tokens) and $2.19 vs. $12.50 for output tokens (4.5x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Grok 4 delivers lower response latency at 480ms TTFT (970ms faster than DeepSeek R1) with 95 vs. 58 tok/s throughput. Grok 4 leads coding evaluations at 73.2% SWE-bench Verified vs. 49.2% for DeepSeek R1 and 86.2% vs. 71.5% on GPQA Diamond.
Verified daily via automated API latency tests and official documentation.
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Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)
Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.
Metric / Dimension
DeepSeek R1
Grok 4
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$0.55
$2.50
DeepSeek R1 is 4.5x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$2.19
$12.50
DeepSeek R1 (82.5% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.140
$0.500
DeepSeek R1 is 3.6x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$0.55
$2.50
DeepSeek R1 is 4.5x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
131k (33k out)
262k (66k out)
Grok 4 (2.0x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
1450ms
480ms
Grok 4 (970ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
58 tok/s
95 tok/s
Grok 4 (+37 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
49.2%
73.2%
Grok 4 (+24.0% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
71.5%
86.2%
Grok 4 (+14.7% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
84%
89.9%
Grok 4 (+5.9% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
97.3%
97.6%
Grok 4 (+0.3% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
64.8 / 100
57.6 / 100
DeepSeek R1 (+7.2 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
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DeepSeek R1 is cheaper at $0.55/1M input tokens ($2.19/1M output) compared to $2.50/1M input ($12.50/1M output) for Grok 4.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: DeepSeek R1 or Grok 4?
Grok 4 delivers faster first-token latency at 480ms TTFT (95 tok/s throughput) compared to 1450ms TTFT (58 tok/s) for DeepSeek R1.
How do DeepSeek R1 and Grok 4 compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, DeepSeek R1 scores 49.2% versus 73.2% for Grok 4. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, DeepSeek R1 scores 71.5% versus 86.2% for Grok 4 (and 97.3% vs 97.6% on MATH-500).
When should you choose DeepSeek R1?
Choose DeepSeek R1 (DeepSeek) for open-weight chain-of-thought reasoning, synthetic data distillation, and complex mathematical verification — offering a 131k context window, 1450ms TTFT, and $0.55/1M input pricing ($0.140/1M cached reads).
When should you choose Grok 4?
Choose Grok 4 (xAI) for real-time financial/market intelligence, PhD-level STEM problem solving, and autonomous code generation — offering a 262k context window, 480ms TTFT, and $2.50/1M input pricing ($0.500/1M cached reads).
