Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V3
36
Grok Code Fast 1
40
Pick Grok Code Fast 1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Coding
+31.6 difference
DeepSeek V3
Grok Code Fast 1
$0.27 / $1.1
$0.2 / $1.5
N/A
172 t/s
N/A
2.81s
128K
256K
Pick Grok Code Fast 1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Grok Code Fast 1 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 40 to 36. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Grok Code Fast 1's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 70.8 against 39.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 42% to 70.8%.
Grok Code Fast 1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.20 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek V3. Grok Code Fast 1 gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.
Grok Code Fast 1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 40 to 36. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 42% and 70.8%.
Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.8 versus 39.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
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