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Deepseek R1 0528 Maas vs Openai Gpt 5
This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.
Model
Deepseek R1 0528 Maas
Context window
65K
65,336 tokens · ~49K words
Model
Openai Gpt 5
Context window
300K
300,000 tokens · ~225K words
Context window · side by side
Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.
Openai Gpt 5 has about 4.6× the context window of the other in this pair.
Openai Gpt 5 has 359% more context capacity (300K vs 65K tokens). Openai Gpt 5 is 7% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Openai Gpt 5. Its 300K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 65K).
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Openai Gpt 5. Input tokens are 7% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Long output (reports, code files)
Use Openai Gpt 5. Its 16K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | Deepseek R1 0528 Maas | Openai Gpt 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 65,336 tokens (65K) | 300,000 tokens (300K) |
| Max output tokens | 8,192 tokens (8K) | 16,384 tokens (16K) |
| Speed tier | Deep | Balanced |
| Vision | No | Yes |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Extended thinking | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt caching | No | Yes |
| Batch API | No | No |
| Release date | N/A | N/A |
Pricing matrix
Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.
| Provider | Deepseek R1 0528 Maas in | Deepseek R1 0528 Maas out | Openai Gpt 5 in | Openai Gpt 5 out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Vertex | $1.35/M | $5.40/M | — | — |
| Snowflake | — | — | $1.25/M | $10.00/M |
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