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DeepSeek V3 (Thinking) vs GPT-5.5

As of October 25, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads DeepSeek V3 (Thinking) on the Analyzer Index, 91.2 to 82.0.

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DeepSeek V3 (Thinking)
DeepSeek
GPT-5.5
OpenAI
At a glanceDeepSeek V3 (Thinking)GPT-5.5
Analyzer Index82.0 (4/13)91.2 (7/13)
Blended price$0.50/M$5.63/M
Cheapest host$0.44/Mmaker's API
Context128k400k
Output speed25 tok/s104 tok/s
Time to first token1.73 s2.23 s
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3 (Thinking)GPT-5.5
Chatbot Arena Elo

Arena

SWE-bench Verified

SWE-bench

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Output Speed

Speed

Time to First Token

TTFT

Rolling Contamination-Controlled Average

Rolling Avg

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Rolling Data Analysis

Data Analysis

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FrontierMath Tiers 1-3

FrontierMath

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SimpleQA Verified

SimpleQA

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OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025

OTIS AIME

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ARC-AGI 2

ARC-AGI 2

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Aider Polyglot

Aider

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Terminal-Bench 2

TermBench 2

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Frontier Composite

Frontier

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Output Stability

Stability

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Format Adherence

Format

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Recovery Rate

Recovery

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API Success Rate

API OK

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Safety Handling

Safety

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