GPT-5.4 Pro vs DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 37. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 18.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 86 to 14.

GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

31.7

99
MMLU
34
99
GPQA
33
97
SuperGPQA
31
94
OpenBookQA
29
94
MMLU-Pro
53
50
HLE
10

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

18.7

95
HumanEval
26
86
SWE-bench Verified
14
86
LiveCodeBench
16

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

36.6

99
AIME 2023
34
99
AIME 2024
36
99
AIME 2025
35
96
HMMT Feb 2023
30
98
HMMT Feb 2024
32
97
HMMT Feb 2025
31
97
BRUMO 2025
33
99
MATH-500
62

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

42

97
SimpleQA
32
95
MuSR
30
98
BBH
64

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

70

97
IFEval
70

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

64

97
MGSM
64

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 37. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 86 and 14.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 31.7. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 18.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 36.6. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 42. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 70. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 64. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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