DeepSeek V3 vs GPT-4 Turbo

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

GPT-4 Turbo is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 30 to 25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4 Turbo's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 56.9 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 24.9% to 58%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4 Turbo if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

GPT-4 Turbo

DeepSeek V3

42

GPT-4 Turbo

52

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
52%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

GPT-4 Turbo

DeepSeek V3

24.9

GPT-4 Turbo

56.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
58%
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MuSR
56%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

GPT-4 Turbo

59

59.1%
GPQA
60%
88.5%
MMLU
60%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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SuperGPQA
58%
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OpenBookQA
56%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

GPT-4 Turbo

59

39.2%
AIME 2024
62%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
60%
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AIME 2025
61%
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HMMT Feb 2023
56%
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HMMT Feb 2024
58%
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HMMT Feb 2025
57%
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BRUMO 2025
59%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-4 Turbo is ahead overall, 30 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 24.9% and 58%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or GPT-4 Turbo?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 59. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52 versus 42. DeepSeek V3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or GPT-4 Turbo?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 59. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 56.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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