DeepSeek-V3 vs Grok 4.3
DeepSeek vs xAI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Grok 4.3 has the higher intelligence index (90.1 vs 58.1)
- •DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper ($0.23 vs $1.25 per 1M input)
- •DeepSeek-V3 is faster
- •Grok 4.3 has a larger context window (1M)
| DeepSeek-V3 | Grok 4.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 58.1 | 90.1 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | xAI |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.23 / 1M | $1.25 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.91 / 1M | $2.50 / 1M |
| Speed | 100 tok/s | 88 tok/s |
| Released | December 26, 2024 | May 6, 2026 |
| Parameters | 671B total / 37B active (MoE) | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
DeepSeek-V3
Grok 4.3
GPQA Diamond
59.1
90.1
Humanity’s Last Exam
3.6
35