Comparing 2 models

DeepSeek V3 vs Grok 4.5

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1DeepSeek V3
Model 2Grok 4.5
Best for
Best Local LLM for Coding (#1)
Best Cheap LLM for High Volume (#1)
Provider
deepseek
x-ai
Context
164K
500KBest
Input / 1M
$0.20Best
$2
Output / 1M
$0.80Best
$6
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
Open-weight
yesBest
Released
Dec 1, 2024
Jul 8, 2026