Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Grok Build 0.1

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 35.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 2 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

42.0

Rank #110 Confirmed

Grok Build 0.1 xAI

35.8

Rank #214 Reported

Summary

They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 2 categories and Grok Build 0.1 in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 31.3 to 18.7.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 35.7% for DeepSeek-R1 and 50.2% for Grok Build 0.1.
DeepSeek-R1 is cheaper at $0.50 / $2.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
Grok Build 0.1 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 164K.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Grok Build 0.1 specifications
	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
Provider	DeepSeek	xAI
Noometry Index	42.0	35.8
Released	2025-01-20	2026-04-16
Weights	Proprietary	Proprietary
Context window	164K	256K
Max output	64K	256K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.50	$1
Output $ / M tokens	$2.15	$2
Results tracked	52	3

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.9 (#63), Grok Build 0.1: 42.5 (#90)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
SciCode	35.7%	50.2%
Aider Polyglot	71.4%	—
WeirdML	41.6%	—
LiveBench Coding	66.7%	—
LMArena Coding	1427	—
ALE-Bench	804.12	—
AlgoTune	1.7	—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 30.4 (#68), Grok Build 0.1: 22.5 (#122)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
DeepResearch Bench	35.1%	—
BALROG	34.9%	—
GBAEval	—	2.4%
METR Time Horizons	53.8%	—

Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.7 (#253), Grok Build 0.1: 31.3 (#73)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
CritPt	1.1%	9.1%
ARC-AGI-2	1.3%	—
SimpleBench	40.8%	—
Kagi LLM Benchmark	69.4%	—
ARC-AGI-1	21.2%	—
LiveBench Reasoning	83.2%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1415	—
LiveBench Data Analysis	69.8%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	141.3	—
ForecastBench	60	—
LiveBench	71.6%	—

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 42.0 (#70), Grok Build 0.1: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	66.4%	—
Omni-MATH	42.4%	—
LiveBench Math	80.7%	—
LMArena Math	1401	—
MATH Level 5	96.6%	—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 44.3 (#81), Grok Build 0.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
GPQA Diamond	76.3%	—
MMLU-Pro	79.3%	—
Confabulations	12.7%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	11.3%	—
GPQA (HELM)	66.6%	—
LMArena Expert	1394	—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 52.6 (#80), Grok Build 0.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
LMArena Non-English	1412	—
LMArena Chinese	1443	—
LMArena French	1415	—
LMArena German	1405	—
LMArena Japanese	1394	—
LMArena Korean	1359	—
LMArena Russian	1423	—
LMArena Spanish	1410	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 72.2 (#138), Grok Build 0.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
LiveBench Instruction Following	80.5%	—
IFEval	78.4%	—
LMArena Instruction Following	1382	—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Grok Build 0.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
Fiction.LiveBench	75%	—
LMArena Longer Query	1391	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 61.5 (#84), Grok Build 0.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek-R1	Grok Build 0.1
LMArena Text	1428	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1406	—
Short-Story Creative Writing	83%	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1500	—
WildBench	82.8%	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1404	—
LiveBench Language	48.5%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Grok Build 0.1?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 35.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-R1 or Grok Build 0.1?

DeepSeek-R1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.15 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Grok Build 0.1 better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.9 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok Build 0.1 does, with 256K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Grok Build 0.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Grok Build 0.1 has 3.