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DeepSeek V3 0324 vs R1 0528

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Winner summary

R1 0528 wins 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · arena.

Category leads
coding·R1 0528arena·R1 0528
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V3 0324
#70 by perf·no signal
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R1 0528
#53 by perf·no signal
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Best value
2.6x better value than R1 0528
DeepSeek V3 0324
113.6 pts/$
$0.48/M
R1 0528
43.7 pts/$
$1.32/M
Vendor risk
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Head to head
DeepSeek V3 0324R1 0528
Aider polyglot
R1 0528 leads by +16.3
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
DeepSeek V3 0324
55.1
R1 0528
71.4
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
R1 0528 leads by +27.2
DeepSeek V3 0324
1394.6
R1 0528
1421.7
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 0324R1 0528
Aider polyglot
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
55.171.4
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1394.61421.7
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3 0324$0.20$0.77164K tokens (~82 books)$3.43
DeepSeek logoR1 0528$0.50$2.15164K tokens (~82 books)$9.13