Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
o4-mini (high) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 39 to 25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
o4-mini (high)'s sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 78.9 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 24.9% to 80%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
o4-mini (high) gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.
Pick o4-mini (high) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
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DeepSeek V3
42
o4-mini (high)
74
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DeepSeek V3
24.9
o4-mini (high)
78.9
DeepSeek V3
69.6
o4-mini (high)
52.1
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DeepSeek V3
90.2
o4-mini (high)
82
o4-mini (high) is ahead overall, 39 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 24.9% and 80%.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 52.1. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
o4-mini (high) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 74 versus 42. DeepSeek V3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 82. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
o4-mini (high) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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