Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GPT-5.3 Chat

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 42.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

GPT-5.3 Chat OpenAI

42.8

Rank #109 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and GPT-5.3 Chat in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 28.5.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.66 / $1.98 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Chat.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and GPT-5.3 Chat specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index54.342.8
Released2026-04-242026-03-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M128K
Max output393K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.66$1.75
Output $ / M tokens$1.98$14
Results tracked4818

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), GPT-5.3 Chat: 41.4 (#124)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Coding14701408
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), GPT-5.3 Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), GPT-5.3 Chat: 28.5 (#102)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts14611399
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.2 (#142)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Math14551389
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—
ProofBench50%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.8 (#140)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Expert14641397
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), GPT-5.3 Chat: 50.3 (#124)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Non-English14391382
LMArena Chinese14861432
LMArena French14721397
LMArena German14581384
LMArena Japanese14451352
LMArena Korean14471346
LMArena Russian14531400
LMArena Spanish14581371

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), GPT-5.3 Chat: 72.8 (#129)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Instruction Following14481378

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), GPT-5.3 Chat: 42.6 (#120)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Longer Query14581396
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), GPT-5.3 Chat: 63.1 (#68)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Text14511389
LMArena Creative Writing14461355
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15531690
LMArena Multi-Turn14671412
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than GPT-5.3 Chat?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 42.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or GPT-5.3 Chat?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Chat lists at $1.75 and $14.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or GPT-5.3 Chat better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 41.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and GPT-5.3 Chat share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.3 Chat has 18.

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