{"id":10433,"date":"2025-10-16T02:43:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grabon.com\/blog\/?p=10433"},"modified":"2025-10-16T05:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:57:38","slug":"deepseek-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grabon.com\/blog\/deepseek-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"DeepSeek AI User Statistics and Facts (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DeepSeek AI went live in January 2025 and became an instant hit, ranking <b>#1<\/b> on the App Store in the top free app category, pushing ChatGPT to the 2nd position in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Its app has been downloaded over <b>10 million times<\/b> worldwide across all app stores within 15 days of launch, making it one of the most downloaded apps. The DeepSeek website attracted over <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pro.similarweb.com\/#\/digitalsuite\/websiteanalysis\/overview\/website-performance\/*\/999\/28d?webSource=Totalandkey=deepseek.com\"><b>333 million<\/b><\/a> traffic and engagement worldwide in October 2025, of which <b>83.66%<\/b> were from <b>desktops<\/b> and <b>16.34%<\/b> from <b>smartphones<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In this statistics blog, we have compiled the latest stats about DeepSeek AI and compared its performance with other major AI models in multiple benchmarks, providing a complete idea.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Top DeepSeek AI Statistics in 2025<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">DeepSeek AI's iOS and Android apps have been downloaded over <b>50 million times<\/b> since their launch.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">DeepSeek supports over <b>80<\/b> programming languages.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">China contributes <b>33%<\/b> of DeepSeek app downloads on iOS, and India accounts for <b>9%<\/b> on Android.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>63.69%<\/b> of the platform's users are male, while <b>36.31%<\/b> are female.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>DeepSeek-R1<\/b> scored <b>79.8%<\/b> in the <b>AIME-2024<\/b> benchmark, surpassing <b>OpenAI-o1-12217<\/b>'s score of <b>79.2%<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The input cost for DeepSeek-R1 is <b>$0.55 per million tokens<\/b>, and the output cost is <b>$2.19 per million tokens<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>DeepSeek AI Important Facts<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>DeepSeek AI is new to the market, and most people are unaware of important facts like its parent company, employee count, founder, etc. To make it convenient, we have prepared a table with essential information about the chatbot.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Metrics<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>DeepSeek Information<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Launch Date<\/td>\n<td>1 May 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Headquarters<\/td>\n<td>Hangzhou, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Founder<\/td>\n<td>Liang Wenfeng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Parent Company<\/td>\n<td>High-Flyer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Employees<\/td>\n<td>51-200 employees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Models<\/td>\n<td>DeepSeek-R1, DeepSeek-V2, and DeepSeek-V3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Availability<\/td>\n<td>Free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Model Architecture<\/td>\n<td>Mixture of Experts (MoE)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DeepSeek Cost<\/td>\n<td>$0.14\/ million input tokens<\/p>\n<p>$0.28\/ million output tokens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Programming Language Support<\/td>\n<td>Over 80 programming languages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total Parameters<\/td>\n<td>671 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Activated Parameters<\/td>\n<td>37 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/deepseek-ai\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseek.com\/\">DeepSeek<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is DeepSeek AI?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>DeepSeek AI is a free AI-powered chatbot developed by a Chinese company with the same name. Founded in May 2023, the platform specializes in open-source large language models (LLMs). The chatbot is developed with powerful yet cost-effective models like DeepSeek-R1, rivaling GPT-4 in efficiency. This sophisticated reasoning model is designed to handle complex reasoning tasks, including math, code, and general problem-solving.<\/p>\n<p>DeepSeek AI is open-source and allows free use and modification of its AI algorithms. Since its app went live on the App Store and Play Store, it has pushed ChatGPT to the second position and ranked 1 on the App Store in the United States.<\/p>\n<h2><b>DeepSeek AI Timeline<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The table below showcases the complete timeline of the key events of DeepSeek AI:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Year<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Month and Date<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Key Events<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">2023<\/td>\n<td>May<\/td>\n<td>DeepSeek AI was founded by Liang Wenfeng in Hangzhou, China.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>June<\/td>\n<td>Launch of <b>DeepSeek Coder<\/b> and <b>DeepSeek LLM<\/b> (67B parameters) for coding and natural language processing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">2024<\/td>\n<td>January<\/td>\n<td>Launch of <b>DeepSeek LLM<\/b> (67B parameters).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>May<\/td>\n<td>Launch of <b>DeepSeek-V2<\/b> with enhanced performance and efficiency.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Late 2024<\/td>\n<td>Launch of <b>DeepSeek Coder-V2<\/b> (236B parameters) that offers a high context window (128K tokens).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"8\">2025<\/td>\n<td>January<\/td>\n<td>Launch of <b>DeepSeek-V3<\/b> (671B parameters) and <b>DeepSeek-R1<\/b>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>January 10<\/td>\n<td>Launch of DeepSeek chatbot app for <b>iOS<\/b> and <b>Android<\/b>, powered by DeepSeek-R1.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>January 27<\/td>\n<td>Becomes the <b>most downloaded free app<\/b> on the U.S. iOS App Store.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 25<\/td>\n<td>Release of <b>DeepSeek-V3-0324<\/b> version with better front-end development skills.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>May 28<\/td>\n<td>Release of <b>DeepSeek-R1-0528<\/b> update with improved benchmark performance and support for JSON output and function calling.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>August 21<\/td>\n<td>Release of <b>DeepSeek-V3.1<\/b> update with hybrid reasoning architecture, faster reasoning compared to R1-0528, and 128K context for API.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>September 22<\/td>\n<td>Release of <b>DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus<\/b> update with improved language consistency, Code Agent, and Search Agent functionalities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>September 29<\/td>\n<td>Release of <b>DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp<\/b> update with introduction to DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA) for simple long-context training. This update also reduced API prices by over 50%.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseek.com\/\">DeepSeek AI<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>DeepSeek AI Users<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The DeepSeek app was downloaded over <b>10 million<\/b> times across iOS and Android devices worldwide within 20 days of its launch on January 10, 2025. As of October 2025, the app has been downloaded over <b>50 million<\/b> times. In contrast, the ChatGPT and Gemini apps were downloaded roughly <b>2.6 million<\/b> and <b>783,632<\/b> times within their first launch month. According to the latest data, DeepSeek is already ahead of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grabon.in\/indulge\/tech\/chatgpt-user-statistics\/\">ChatGPT<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grabon.in\/indulge\/tech\/gemini-users-statistics\/\">Gemini<\/a> concerning app downloads.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>DeepSeek AI Downloads by Country<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Since the DeepSeek AI app launch on the App Store and Play Store, its download numbers have skyrocketed worldwide, with China, the United States, and India leading the list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>32%<\/b> of the DeepSeek app downloads on iOS are from <b>China<\/b>, followed by <b>India<\/b> and the <b>Russian Federation,<\/b> with <b>7%<\/b> each.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The table below shows the total number of DeepSeek AI app downloads by country:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Country<\/b><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><b>Downloads<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>China<\/td>\n<td>32%<\/td>\n<td>20 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Russian Federation<\/td>\n<td>8%<\/td>\n<td>10 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>India<\/td>\n<td>7%<\/td>\n<td>5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<td>5%<\/td>\n<td>5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>4%<\/td>\n<td>5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>3%<\/td>\n<td>5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indonesia<\/td>\n<td>3%<\/td>\n<td>2 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Other<\/td>\n<td>37%<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1454331\/united-states-chatgpt-gemini-app-downloads\/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed\">Statista<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/appmagic.rocks\/?hl=en\">AppMagic<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/search?q=deepseekandc=apps\">Google Play<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>DeepSeek AI User Demographics Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>6 out of 10<\/b> DeepSeek AI users are males, compared to <b>36.31%<\/b> of females.<\/li>\n<li>Over <b>31.65%<\/b> of DeepSeek's user base is from the <b>25 to 34 age group<\/b>, the highest among others. The <b>18 to 24 age group <\/b>comes in second, representing <b>22.63%<\/b> of the platform's users.<\/li>\n<li>Users aged <b>35 to 44 years<\/b> account for <b>20.06%<\/b> of the DeepSeek user base, while those aged <b>45 to 54<\/b> account for <b>13.21%<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>4.87%<\/b> of the platform&#8217;s user base is aged over <b>65 years<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>DeepSeek AI App Store Position Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Within a week of launch, the <strong>DeepSeek AI<\/strong> app topped the United States App Store's Top Free Category, placing the <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> app <strong>second<\/strong>. An app needs over <strong>200,000 <\/strong>daily downloads to rank first on the US Apple App Store list. This aligns with the DeepSeek AI app download statistics mentioned above.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">As of June 2025, the DeepSeek app is in the <b>39th position<\/b> in the App Store's Top Free Apps list in around <b>60 countries<\/b> worldwide.<\/li>\n<li><b>80%<\/b> of the app&#8217;s downloads happened in the first 10 days of its launch, boosting its rank from <b>815th<\/b> on January 19th to <b>1st<\/b> on January 31st, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/appmagic.rocks\/?hl=en\">AppMagic<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>DeepSeek AI Google Trends Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Google Trends data shows that <strong>DeepSeek search<\/strong> surged in the U.S. within 20 days of launch, reaching about <strong>100 million searches<\/strong>. In comparison, <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> recorded over <strong>700 million searches<\/strong> during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, the District of Columbia tops the DeepSeek search list, followed by California, New Jersey, Washington, and Maryland. In comparison, Myanmar, Nepal, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Kenya were the top 5 countries where DeepSeek AI was searched the most.<\/p>\n<h2><b>DeepSeek AI Traffic Statistics<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>As of September 2025, chat.deepseek.com received over <b>333 million<\/b> traffic worldwide, a <b>4.3% <\/b>increase from August 2025. The website ranks <b>7th<\/b> in the &#8220;Programming and Developer Software list and <b>121st<\/b> worldwide.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">DeepSeek AI's traffic is <b>83.66%<\/b> from desktops and <b>16.34%<\/b> from mobile web.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The website&#8217;s average daily traffic is roughly <b>11.1 million,<\/b> and an average session lasts around <b>5 minutes and 10 seconds<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The bounce rate of DeepSeek AI&#8217;s website is about <b>34.21%<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>China<\/b> contributes roughly <b>36.36%<\/b> of deepseek.com&#8217;s total traffic, the highest of all countries.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Russia<\/b> and the <b>U.S.<\/b> rank second and third, accounting for <b>9.88%<\/b> and <b>6.19% <\/b>of traffic, respectively.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Brazil<\/b> ranks fourth with a <b>3.88%<\/b> traffic share, while <b>Indonesia<\/b> ranks fifth, contributing <b>3.23%<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>68.05%<\/b> of chat.deepseek.com&#8217;s traffic comes from <b>direct searches<\/b>, while <b>28.20%<\/b> comes from <b>organic searches<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The top organic search terms for deepseek.com are deepseek, deep seek, deepseek r1, deepseek ai, and deepseek v3.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>YouTube<\/b> contributes around <b>59.79%<\/b> of the traffic share of DeepSeek&#8217;s website, followed by <b>WhatsApp<\/b> and <b>Facebook<\/b> with <b>10.97%<\/b> and <b>6.31%<\/b>, respectively.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>VKontakte <\/b>and<b> Telegram Webapp<\/b> rank fourth and fifth, accounting for <b>5.49%<\/b> and <b>3.34%<\/b> of the traffic share, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pro.similarweb.com\/#\/digitalsuite\/websiteanalysis\/overview\/website-performance\/*\/999\/28d?webSource=Totalandkey=deepseek.com\">SimilarWeb<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>DeepSeek AI vs. OpenAI Comparison Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Recent studies show that the DeepSeek-R1 model performs similarly to the OpenAI-o1-1217 model in reasoning tasks. The DeepSeek-R1-Zero model, trained through large-scale reinforcement, showcases impressive reasoning skills and powerful, intriguing behaviors. DeepSeek demonstrated comparable performance to OpenAI, often surpassing it in certain scenarios. Here are some interesting statistics data showcasing the comparison between DeepSeek and OpenAI in different benchmarks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>AIME-2024<\/strong> performance, <strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong> scored <strong>79.8%<\/strong>, slightly higher than <strong>79.2%<\/strong> of <strong>OpenAI-o1-1217<\/strong>. <strong>DeepSeek-R1-32B<\/strong> scored <strong>72.6%<\/strong>, while <strong>OpenAI-o1-mini<\/strong>, and <strong>DeepSeek-V3<\/strong> scored <strong>63.6%<\/strong> and <strong>39.2%<\/strong>, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>Codeforces<\/strong> performance, <strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong> and <strong>OpenAI-o1-1217<\/strong> performed on par with <strong>96.3%<\/strong> and <strong>96.6%<\/strong> scores, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>GPQA Diamond<\/strong> performance, <strong>OpenAI-o1-1217<\/strong> scored <strong>75.7%<\/strong>, performing better than <strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong> with <strong>71.5%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>MATH-500<\/strong> performance, <strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong> scored <strong>97.3%<\/strong>, higher than <strong>OpenAI-o1-1217<\/strong> with <strong>96.4%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>MMLU<\/strong> performance, <strong>OpenAI-o1-1217<\/strong> scored <strong>91.8%<\/strong>, slightly higher than <strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong> with <strong>90.8%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>SWE-bench Verified<\/strong> performance, <strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong> and <strong>OpenAI-o1-1217<\/strong> performed similarly with <strong>49.2%<\/strong> and <strong>48.9%<\/strong>, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The table below shows the benchmark performance data of DeepSeek-R1 vs. OpenAI-o1-1217 vs. DeepSeek-R1-32B vs. OpenAI-o1-mini vs. DeepSeek-V3.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Benchmarks<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OpenAI-o1-1217<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>DeepSeek-R1-32B<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OpenAI-o1-mini<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>DeepSeek-V3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Winner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>AIME-2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>79.8%<\/td>\n<td>79.2%<\/td>\n<td>72.6%<\/td>\n<td>63.6%<\/td>\n<td>39.2%<\/td>\n<td>DeepSeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Codeforces<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>96.3%<\/td>\n<td>96.6%<\/td>\n<td>90.6%<\/td>\n<td>93.4%<\/td>\n<td>58.7%<\/td>\n<td>OpenAI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>GPQA Diamond<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>71.5%<\/td>\n<td>75.7%<\/td>\n<td>62.1%<\/td>\n<td>60%<\/td>\n<td>59.1%<\/td>\n<td>OpenAI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MATH-500<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>97.3%<\/td>\n<td>96.4%<\/td>\n<td>94.3%<\/td>\n<td>90%<\/td>\n<td>90.2%<\/td>\n<td>DeepSeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MMLU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>90.8%<\/td>\n<td>91.8%<\/td>\n<td>87.4%<\/td>\n<td>85.2%<\/td>\n<td>88.5%<\/td>\n<td>OpenAI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>SWE-bench Verified<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>49.2%<\/td>\n<td>48.9%<\/td>\n<td>36.8%<\/td>\n<td>41.6%<\/td>\n<td>42%<\/td>\n<td>DeepSeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2501.12948\">Arxiv<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>DeepSeek vs. Gemini vs. Qwen vs. GPT4o Benchmark Comparison Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Like DeepSeek, Qwen is another large language model launched by another Chinese brand, Alibaba Cloud. It was launched in April 2023 and handles multiple tasks, such as natural language understanding, generation, and visual language processing.<\/p>\n<p>Qwen is built on Meta's Llama model and has evolved with various updates, including Qwen 2.5-Max, launched in January 2025. Like DeepSeek, it offers open-source versions, allowing developers to modify and use them for multiple tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we have compared the benchmark scores of DeepSeek, Gemini, Qwen, and GPT4o models.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Benchmarks<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Gemini 1.5 Pro (002)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Qwen2.5-Max<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>GPT-4o<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MMLU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>90.8%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>87.9%<\/td>\n<td>88.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MMLU-Pro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>84%<\/td>\n<td>75.8%<\/td>\n<td>69%<\/td>\n<td>74.68%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>BBH<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>89.3%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>C-Eval<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>92.2%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CMMLU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>91.9%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MMMU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>65.9%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>69.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>HellaSwag<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>93.3%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>HumanEval<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>84.1%<\/td>\n<td>73.2%<\/td>\n<td>90.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MBPP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>80.6%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CRUX-I<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>70.1%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CRUX-O<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>79.1%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MATH<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>97.5%<\/td>\n<td>86.5%<\/td>\n<td>68.5%<\/td>\n<td>75.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>GPQA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>71.5%<\/td>\n<td>59.1%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>53.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>GSM8K<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>94.5%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>IFEval<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>83.3%<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<td>NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>MMLU-Pro<\/strong> benchmark, <strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong> scored <strong>84%<\/strong>, higher than <strong>Qwen2.5-Max<\/strong> and <strong>GPT-4o<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Qwe2.5-Max<\/strong> scored <strong>89.4% <\/strong>in the <strong>Arena-Hard<\/strong> benchmark, higher than <strong>DeepSeek-V3<\/strong> and <strong>GPT-4o<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the LiveBench benchmark, <strong>Qwe2.5-Max<\/strong> scored <strong>62.2%<\/strong>, higher than <strong>DeepSeek-V3<\/strong> and <strong>GPT-4o<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/qwenlm.github.io\/blog\/qwen2.5-max\/\">Qwen<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/docsbot.ai\/models\/gemini-1-5-pro-002\">DocBot 1<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/docsbot.ai\/models\/gpt-4o-2024-11-20\">DocsBot 2<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/docsbot.ai\/models\/deepseek-r1\">DocsBot 3<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>DeepSeek AI Cost Comparison Against Other AI Models<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to various <a href=\"https:\/\/grabon.com\/blog\/artificial-intelligence-statistics\/\">AI statistic<\/a> reports, the input cost for processing tokens of <strong>DeepSeek-R1<\/strong> is <strong>$0.55 per million tokens<\/strong>. Whereas, its output cost for tokens generated by the model is <strong>$2.19 per million tokens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, the input cost for processing tokens of <strong>Gemini 1.5 Pro (002)<\/strong> is <strong>$1.25 per million tokens<\/strong>, while the output cost is <strong>$5 per million tokens<\/strong>. Whereas, the price for similar tasks of GPT-4o is <strong>$2.50 per million tokens<\/strong> (input cost) and <strong>$10 per million tokens<\/strong> (output cost).<\/p>\n<p>DeepSeek-R1 has a significantly lower input and output token cost than Gemini 1.5 Pro (002) and GPT-4o. The table below shows the price of input and output tokens of the top AI models:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Models<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Input Token Cost (Per Million Tokens)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Output Token Cost (Per Million Tokens)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpenAI GPT-4<\/td>\n<td>$30<\/td>\n<td>$60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Claude 3.5 Sonnet<\/td>\n<td>$3<\/td>\n<td>$15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gemini 1.5 Pro<\/td>\n<td>$2.50<\/td>\n<td>$10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Meta &#8211; Llama 301 405b<\/td>\n<td>$1.79<\/td>\n<td>$1.79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amazon Nova Pro<\/td>\n<td>$0.80<\/td>\n<td>$3.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DeepSeek-R1<\/td>\n<td>$0.55<\/td>\n<td>$2.19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/docsbot.ai\/models\/deepseek-r1\">DocsBot<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Impact of DeepSeek Launch in the United States Stock Market<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The launch of DeepSeek triggered a sharp selloff in the U.S. stock market, particularly in the tech sector. Here are some interesting statistical points you should know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since the launch of the DeepSeek AI app, the US market has lost <b>$1 trillion,<\/b> with top tech companies like Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google facing major declines.<\/li>\n<li><b>Nvidia<\/b> suffered a massive loss from this launch, with its stock plunging <b>17%<\/b>, wiping out nearly <b>$600 billion<\/b> in market value. Whereas <b>Microsoft<\/b>'s stock fell by <b>2.14%<\/b>, while <b>Google<\/b>'s dropped by <b>4%<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>The SandP 500 tech sector also dropped by a staggering <b>5.6%<\/b>, marking its biggest decline since <b>September 2020<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite initial criticism, the wider availability of efficient AI models like DeepSeek is set to drive market growth, boosting innovation and productivity across sectors in the medium term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/deepseek-s-1-trillion-stock-market-crash-nvidia-tsmc-and-broadcom-recover-some-losses-after-ai-shock\/ar-AA1y44kX\">MSN<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/business\/articles\/2025-01-27\/how-chinas-deepseek-shook-up-us-markets-by-the-numbers\">U.S.News<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-deepseek-ai-china-stock-nvidia-nvda-asml\/\">CBS News<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/deepseek-damage-google-microsoft-stock-213336307.html\">Yahoo Finance<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Drawbacks and Controversies of DeepSeek in 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>DeepSeek&#8217;s launch has sparked controversy due to censorship, data privacy concerns, and disinformation risks. Here are some controversies and concerns of the platform you must know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Censorship and Bias:<\/strong> DeepSeek has faced criticism for aligning with Chinese government narratives. It avoids discussing sensitive topics like the Tiananmen protests and the Cultural Revolution, which raises concerns about censorship and biased responses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Data Privacy Issues:<\/strong> DeepSeek collects extensive user data, including keystroke patterns for biometric identification. This level of data collection is seen as intrusive, sparking concerns over privacy and security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Disinformation Risks:<\/strong> Experts warn that DeepSeek could be used to spread disinformation, undermine public trust, and reinforce authoritarian narratives, particularly in democratic societies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion (Future Predictions of DeepSeek)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The launch of DeepSeek has undoubtedly disrupted the AI industry. With major tech companies losing billions of dollars, this shows how disruptive it was. The company challenges major players like OpenAI and Google with its cost-effective and efficient models. Its open-source approach has made AI accessible to all. With Alibaba launching Qwen, it is predicted that various Chinese and other countries&#8217; companies will launch AI models in the future, ending the dominance of US tech giants. However, concerns about data privacy and misuse persist with Chinese platforms.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1) Is DeepSeek better than ChatGPT?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe comparison between DeepSeek and ChatGPT depends on specific use cases. According to benchmark performance, DeepSeek is better than ChatGPT in some scenarios. However, the major difference is in the operating cost. DeepSeek is much cheaper to operate than ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Who is the owner of DeepSeek?<\/strong><br \/>\nDeepSeek is owned and funded by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer. The company was founded by Liang Wenfeng in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Is DeepSeek free?<\/strong><br \/>\nDeepSeek offers free access to its AI models, like DeepSeek-V3 and R1. 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