# DeepSeek-V2.5 vs GPT-4o mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-V2.5 and GPT-4o mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v2-5-vs-gpt-4o-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek-V2.5 and GPT-4o mini share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-V2.5 | GPT-4o mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 26.7 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 1 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.15 / $0.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-V2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: 8.1 (Estimated · #148/149)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 | GPT-4o mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 89% | 87.2% | DeepSeek-V2.5 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-V2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: 29.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-V2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: 22 (Estimated · #175/181)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 | GPT-4o mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-V2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: 34.7 (#115/128)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek-V2.5 and GPT-4o mini?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [DeepSeek-V2.5 vs GPT-4o](/compare/deepseek-v2-5-vs-gpt-4o)
- [GPT-4o mini vs GPT-4o](/compare/gpt-4o-vs-gpt-4o-mini)
- [DeepSeek-V2.5 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-deepseek-v2-5)
- [GPT-4o mini vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-gpt-4o-mini)

## Explore More

- [DeepSeek-V2.5 profile](/models/deepseek-v2-5)
- [GPT-4o mini profile](/models/gpt-4o-mini)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)